University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture Annual Report · The FAZ management is based on the stipulations on the Institutions Act, Higher Education Institutions Act and the FAZ

University of Zagreb Faculty of

Agriculture

Annual Report June 1. 2001 – May 31. 2002 Contents

Foreword 1

Editorial 2

Founding and Organization 3

Educational Activities 7

Scientific Research and Professional Activities 15

Experiment Stations 19

International Cooperation 38

FAZ Promotional Activities 41

Publishing, Library and IT Activities 43

Students' Organization and Activities 47

Construction of 5th and 6th FAZ Buildings 49

Financial Performance 50

Appendix 52

Foreword Concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia et maximae dilabuntur!

(Unity makes the small things grow and disunity causes even the greatest to decline!)

This document is the first Annual Report of the Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb University. We have undertaken to present our activities for our work to be evaluated by the general public. We would appreciate to be recognized as diligent people, ready to answer the challenges of public service, whose achievements are not adequately appreciated by the general public. The extent and high level of scientific capacities in the field of agriculture required for our work is only understood by our peers. We are fully aware that the advancement and improvement of both scientific work and the teaching process and their organization is imperative, and we are willing to exercise our best efforts in the pursuit of the desired quality. We strive to contribute to the quality of living of Croatian citizens by introducing concepts of business-orientation and economic benefit into the agricultural sector, by improving both individual and public health and the welfare of the Croatian population through cost-effective production based on environmental protection and ecosystem conservation principles, and by providing for the "farm-to-table" quality chain in response to the ever increasing demand of the general public for safer and more recognizable locally produced food. We would like to use this opportunity and extend our gratitude and appreciation to all our collaborators, our employees, who are frequently not adequately recognized as the backbone of the Faculty activities, although their contribution to the results achieved by the Faculty is enormous. We would also like to thank the business sector that relies on our results, gives us its support and recognizes the value of our work. The future will confirm what our role was, what it is and what it will be! Unity rules here!

Professor Jasmina Havranek, PhD, Dean

Editorial The Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture (FAZ), University of Zagreb initiated preparation of the FAZ Annual Report (Report) for the period June 1, 2001 through May 31, 2002. The Report was presented to the FAZ employees at the DAY OF THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, on September 26, 2002. During the 9th Faculty Council (FC) session, the FC members were informed about this activity, and the department heads were requested to submit their contributions to the Report.

The FAZ Dean appointed Professor Tito Žimbrek, PhD, Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs, the editor-in-chief of the Report. Professor Žimbrek prepared the Report framework and proposed the members of the Editorial Board, including: Professor Jasmina Havranek, PhD, Dean, Professor Vesna Pavić, PhD, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor Ivan Pejić, PhD, International Relations Office Head, and Assistant Professor Vjekoslav Par, PhD, Department of Farm Management Head. Davor Bevanda was appointed the Technical Editor, Ramona Franić, PhD, Secretary, Jadranka Žimbrek Typist, Martina Đurinski, BSc and Librarian Proofreader, and Nada Čičmak, BA Language Editor. The cover page design was prepared by Dragan Tupajić.

The Report framework presenting its draft contents was discussed, determined and approved by the Editorial Board. The Report consists of ten sections and attachments, and individual authors and collaborators were entrusted with their preparation.

We believe that the Report will be a useful document both for the FAZ management and for its staff, as a reminder of what has been done and as a milestone for the tasks to be fulfilled in order for our institution to readily and adequately establish and confirm its position and role in the society and respond to the educational challenges the agricultural and related sciences are facing in the Republic of Croatia.

Zagreb, September 26, 2002 Professor Tito Žimbrek, PhD, Editor-in-Chief

2 FAZ – Annual Report 2001-2002

Founding and Organization

Founding and Organization Registration and Articles Faculty of Agriculture (FAZ), University of Zagreb is registered with the Zagreb Commercial Court, and the Court Decision of July 23, 1997 makes it a legal successor of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (FAS), University of Zagreb, an organization that had eight departments. The registered authorized person representing FAZ is its Dean, Professor Jasmina Havranek, PhD. By the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) Decision of February 15, 1996, the FAZ was entered into the Ministry Directory as a scientific research entity.

The FAZ Articles of Incorporation were adopted on June 3, 1997. The Articles presently in force are the Final Draft of May 2, 2001 with the amendments of October 24, 2001, February 5, 2002 and May 15, 2002.

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE - UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB

Administration (40) Dean's Office Faculty Dean Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs Secretary

Corporate Services Office

Personnel Services Office

Admissions Office

Accounting Office

Central Agricultural Library (CAL)

International Relations Office (IRO)

ACS Journal

Physical Training and Health Education

Departments (28-308)

Experiment stations (6-117)

Biotechnical research center (1)

Agricultural machinery testing station (4)

FAZ – Annual Report 2001-2002 3


Administration The FAZ Administration consists of corporate services, including the Dean's Office, Corporate Services Office, Personnel Services Office, Admissions Office, Accounting Office, Central Agricultural Library (CAL), International Relations Office (IRO) and Agricultural Scientific Review (Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, ACS) journal. The corporate services employ a staff of forty. The Dean, Secretary, Accounting Head, CAL and IRO Heads and ACS Editor are responsible for the work of the corporate services.

Faculty Council The activities related to the academic and scientific research field are carried out by the Faculty Council (FC) founded pursuant to the stipulations of the FAZ Articles of Incorporation and composed of selected representatives of full and associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers, instructors and students - 71 member in all. The present FC was elected on July 9, 2001, for a two-year term (from October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2003), and it includes 22 full professors, 8 associate professors, 25 assistant professors, 1 lecturer, 4 senior instructors, 3 instructors and junior instructors, and 8 students. During the reporting period, FC held 10 sessions (one constituent, seven ordinary and 2 extraordinary).

FACULTY COUNCIL (71) Members* Bodies**

Full professors (22) Boards (12-135) Associate professors (8) Committees (23-110) Assistant professors (25) ACS (12) and JCEA (6) Editorial Boards

Lecturers (1) Class Mentor Teachers (36) Senior instructors (4) Court of Honor (5)

Instructors and junior instructors (3) Faculty Tribunal and Factfinder (6+1) Students (8) ABIS Managing Board (5)

* Number of members in brackets ** Number of bodies and members in brackets

Management The FAZ management is based on the stipulations on the Institutions Act, Higher Education Institutions Act and the FAZ Articles. The FAZ is headed by a dean selected by the FC for a two-year term. The FAZ Dean for the academic years 2001-2002 and 2002-03 has been Professor Jasmina Havranek, PhD, elected in June 2001. The Dean is assisted in her work by two vice-deans (Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs) and a secretary. The vice-deans elected for the term 2001-2002 to 2002-03 are Professor Vesna Pavić, PhD, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor Tito Žimbrek, PhD, Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs. The FAZ Secretary is Mladen Šverko, lawyer. In decision-making on the financial and investment issues, the Dean is assisted by the Board for Finances and Investment appointed by the FC on the basis of the Dean's proposal.



Boards and Committees The FC nominates boards and committees as its bodies, pursuant to the stipulations of the Articles and its decisions. For the term 2001-2002 to 2002-03, the FC nominated 12 boards and 17 committees; the Board for Finances and Investment has its 6 committees. The FAZ FC boards and committees are mainly composed of the Faculty staff, with an adequate number of collaborators and students. Thus 12 boards and 17 committees have 135 and 110 members, respectively, including the members of the Board for Finances and Investment committees (20). Thus, some staff members are sitting on more than one board or committee. The boards, committees and other bodies (as specified in the attachment) comprise 118 persons, mostly teaching staff, instructors, junior researchers, technical staff, heads of administrative services and students.

While the boards are selected for a term, similary to the FC, the committees are as a rule selected to resolve specific problems. Further, the FC confirms other bodies and offices, such as the Editorial Board of the Agricultural Scientific Review (ACS), Court of Honor, Faculty Tribunal and the Tribunal Factfinder, class mentor teachers and others (as enlisted in the attachment). Based on the FC Decision of February 12, 2001, the International Relations Office (IRO) was founded. The first Office Head was Professor Ferdo Bašić, PhD. During the reporting period, Professor Ivan Pejić, PhD has been appointed new Office Head (IRO is described in more detail below).

Internal Organization The in-house FAZ organization is based on the departments. The FAZ has 28 departments. The departments are in charge of cost-efficient use of material, financial and other resources put at their disposal, they propose the measures for improvement of the material, financial and human resource capacities, and perform teaching, scientific and highly specialized activities. A department is managed by a department head appointed, along with the deputy head, by the FC based on a proposal submitted by the department. During the reporting period, and based on the proposals from the departments, the department heads and their deputies were selected for the next two-year term.

Faculty Staff As of May 31, 2002 the FAZ staff totals 348 employees in the Administration and 28 departments. Ninety-two are professors, i.e. 29 full professors (19 tenures and 9 first appointments, and one professor emeritus). Eleven professors are associate staff, and the number of assistant professors is 52.

With 55 teaching associates, the total number of professors and associates is 147, i.e. 42.2 % of the entire staff.

When the professors and teaching associates are added the senior instructors, one lecturer and one instructor, the FAZ teaching staff with doctoral degrees makes total of 105.




Number and shares of the FAZ professors and teaching associates (May 31, 2002)

Appointment rank Number Share (%) Full professors, total 29 19.7 - tenure 19 12.9 - first appointment 9 6.1 - emeritus 1 0.7 Associate professors 11 7.5 Assistant professors 52 35.4 Professors, total 92 62.6 Instructors, total 50 34.0 - senior instructors 11 7.5 - instructors 23 15.6 - junior instructors 16 10.9 Lecturers, total 5 3.4 - senior lecturers 3 2.0 - lecturers 2 1.4 Associates, total 55 37.4 Total 147 100.0

Source: The Personnel Services Office data

Total number of staff in the FAZ departments varies from three (Department of Weed Research) to 35 members (Department of Field Crops), which depends on the activities conducted by individual departments and experiment stations within the department.

During the reporting period, 12 junior researchers and 6 other staff were employed through the MST. Three staff members retired, three left the FAZ, and six female staff members are on maternity leave. During the period from June 19, 2001 to May 14, 2002, 15 FAZ staff members were promoted to higher ranks, two of them to associate professors, six to assistant professors, three to senior instructor and four to instructor rank. The FAZ has 159 retired former members of its staff.

Educational Activities

Educational Activities Undergraduate Studies Since 1995, the undergraduate studies have been conducted under the new curriculum, in 9 semesters, with three majors and 10 programs. The students select their program from the following fields after the second year:

1. Plant Science, with seven programs: Agronomy (AGR); Gardening (GARD); Pomology, Viticulture and Enology (HORT); Plant Protection (PP); Land management and Soil Protection (LMSP); Agricultural Engineering (AEN) and Agro-economics (AEC).

2. Animal Science (AP), with three programs: Animal Husbandry (AH); Dairy Science (DS) and Fisheries (FIS).

3. Landscape Architecture, no programs.

At the FC session of July 10, 2001, the following curriculum modifications were adopted:

New elective courses:

Course Professor Schedule/semester Major/program Weeds Professor Nada Hulina, PhD 2+1 (programs: PP and GARD, 6th

semester and AGR, 7th semester) Extension Service Assistant Professor Đurđica

Žutinić, PhD 2+1 (majors Plant Science and Animal Science)

Milling and Bakery

Professor Tajana Krička, PhD 2+1 (programs: AEN and AGR)

Agricultural Engineering Assistant Professor J. Barčić, PhD Assistant Professor S. Košutić, PhD

2+1 (programs: PP, AEC and LMSP)

Refrigeration and Cooling Systems in Agriculture

Assistant Professor S. Pliestić, PhD 1+1 (programs: AEN, GARD and HORT)



Enrolments and Students Financing The FAZ has 1,629 students, 82.3% financed by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) and 17.68% those paying the fees themselves.

During the academic year 2001-2002, 632 students enrolled in the first year; 373 were new enrolments and 259 students repeating the first year.

2001-2002 academic year enrolments (regular and repeating students) by year and funding source

Funded by MST Paid by students Year Regular Repeating Total Regular Repeating Total Total 1st 295 189 484 78 70 148 632 2nd 176 193 369 23 63 86 455 3rd 149 129 278 28 20 48 326 4th 132 - 132 5 - 5 137 5th 78 - 78 1 - 1 79 Total 830 511 1,341 135 153 288 1,629

Enrolments shares by funding sources and years (%)

Year Funded by MST Paid by students 1st 76.6 23.4 2nd 81.1 18.9 3rd 85.3 14.7 4th 96.3 3.7 5th 98.7 1.3 Average 82.3 17.7

The above table shows that the share of students that pay their fees decreases in later years. On average, 17.7% students are paying their fees (tuition), while the expenses for the majority of students (82.3 %) are covered by the MST.

Most students have as their 1st and 2nd year major Plant Science (70.9% and 80.3%, respectively), Animal Science comes as second (22.5% and 12.7%, respectively), while the lowest enrolment is in Landscaping (6.6% and 7.0%, respectively).

The enrolments breakdown by programs shows that during the academic year 2001-2002 most of the third-year students of Plant Science (when they choose their programs) opted for HORT (79), than GARD (64), PP (57), AEC (27), LMSP (12), AGR (6) and AEN (4) - 249 students in all.



2001-2002 academic year enrolments (regular and repeating students) by majors and programs

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total

Major/Program Reg Rep Tot Reg Rep Tot Reg Rep Tot Tot Tot Tot Plant Science 270 178 448 158 207 365 813 HORT 48 31 79 31 30 140 PP 29 28 57 33 15 105 GARD 40 24 64 23 10 97 AEC 14 13 27 10 7 44 AGR 2 4 6 1 1 8 AEN 3 1 4 4 LMSP 3 9 12 12 Landscaping 27 15 42 10 22 32 19 7 26 26 7 133 Animal Science 76 66 142 31 27 58 200 AH 8 17 25 7 7 39 DS 6 8 14 3 1 18 FIS 5 7 12 3 1 16 Total 373 259 632 199 256 455 177 149 326 137 79 1.629

Reg- regular students; Rep - repeating students; Tot – total

Twenty-six third-year students took Landscaping as their major. The Animal Science third-year students breakdown was as follows: AH 25, DS 14 and FIS 12 - total 51 enrolment. The number of enrolments in Plant Science and Animal Science in the forth and fifth year is similar, so the highest fourth-year enrolment rates are those in PP (33) and HORT (30), and the highest number of the fifth-year students was again in HORT (30), than PP (15), and so on. The number of Landscaping students (7) shows considerable decrease.

Breakdown of student shares by majors

Major/Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Average Enroll. quotas Plant Science Animal Science Landscaping

70.9 22.5

6.6

80.3 12.7

7.0

76.4 8.0

15.6

71.5 19.0

9.5

79.7 8.9

11.4

75.8 14.2 10.0

70.0 23.3

6.7 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

The breakdown of student shares by majors reflects the enrolment quotas (Plant Science -70.0%: Animal Science -23.3%: Landscaping- 6.6%), and other reasons affecting the enrolment into the first year.



Programs by student shares -averages for the 3rd, 4th and 5th year -

Order 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Program HORT PP GARD LS AEC AH DS FIS LMSP AGR AEN % 25.8 19.4 17.9 10.9 8.1 7.2 3.3 3.0 2.2 1.5 0.7

The above sequence is based on a number of students by programs expressed as an average for the 3rd to the 5th year. Thus, approximately one quarter of the total FAZ students is in HORT program, almost fifth in PP, and the like, to the LMSP, AGR and AEN programs with the lowest enrolment rates (there were no fourth-year students in LMSP and AEN programs during the academic year 2001-2002).

Undergraduate Studies Admission During the academic year 2001-2002, the FAZ was approved the enrolment quota of 450 new students, most for the Plant Science (315), than for the Animal Science (105) and the least for the Landscaping (30).

Admission plan for the academic year 2001-2002 - 1st (July) entrance exam period

Enrolment quotas Admission requirement 1st entrance exam period

by July 20, 2001

Major MST

support Students

pay Foreign

students Applications Above BelowMST

supportStudents

pay Total Plant Science 205 105 5 310 263 3 208 23 231 Animal Science 60 40 5 69 67 2 62 2 64 Landscaping 25 5 - 76 76 0 24 3 27 Total 290 150 10 455 406 5 294 28 322

Out of total approved number of students (enrolment quota), 290 were funded by the MST, and 150 students were paying their tuition fees. Ten positions were approved for the foreign students. 455 applicants set for the entrance exam, and 406 of them scored above the admission requirement.

During the July entrance examination period of the academic year 2001-2002, 322 students enrolled in the first year, 28 of them paying their fees. Out of the total number of enrolments, 71.7% opted for the Plant Science, 19.9% for the Animal Science and 8.4% for the Landscaping. No foreign students enrolled during this period.



Repeating Students

Share of repeating students in total number of students by funding sources, 1st to 3rd year (%)

Funding/Year 1 2 3 Ø Funded by MST 39.1 52.3 46.4 45.2 Paid by students 47.3 73.3 41.7 54.3 Average 41.0 56.3 45.7 45.6

It is obvious that the share of repeating students, 45.6% on average (41% during the 1st year, to as much as 56.3% in the 2nd year), is significant. It should be noted that a number of the students repeating the first two years is larger among those paying their fees than among those funded by the MST. The fact that 73.3% second-year students paying for their education is repeating the year is surprising, and this might be attributed to the selection through the entrance exam, because of which the more successful applicants are funded by the MST, but once they fail a year they lose their support. One of the reasons for which the years are repeated might also be inadequate high-school education in some areas (biology, chemistry, mathematics), although it would be best to conduct a specific research into the reasons for such situation. The obtained data could be used as the background information in the future academic reform of the FAZ.

The largest number of the repeating first-year students (academic year 2001-2002) has been recorded at the Animal Science (46.5%) major, and the largest number of the second-year repeating students is that recorded at the Landscaping (68.8%). In the third year, the lowest number of repeating students is that in the AEN program (25.0%) and Landscaping (26.9%), and the largest in the LMSP program (75.0%) and AH program (68.0%).

Percentage of repeating students by majors and programs, 1st to 3rd year

Major, program/Year 1st 2nd 3rd Plant Science 39.7 56.7 HORT - - 39.2 PP - - 49.1 GARD - - 37.5 AEC - - 48.1 AGR - - 66.7 AEN - - 25.0 LMSP - - 75.0 Landscaping 35.7 68.8 26.9 Animal Science 46.5 46.6 - AH - - 68.0 DS - - 57.1 FIS - - 58.3 Average 41.0 56.3 45.7



Passing Students

Ten percent of the students passing with honors during the academic year 2001-2002 (all three majors)

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Number of students 46 49 33 13 8 Average grade* 4.41 3.91 3.88 4.16 4.20

* Range from 2 to 5 grade

The highest average grades were achieved by the first-year (4.41), and the lowest by the third-year students (3.88). Regretfully, there are no records of these indicators as per individual majors and programs, so the data should be prepared in this way for the next reporting period. Five students received the Dean's Recognition for the success in their studies.

2001-2002 Academic Year Graduates New Curriculum (since 1995)

Altogether six students, two majoring Landscaping and two Plant Science, Agricultural Economics program graduated according to the new curriculum that has been in force from 1995 to the end of the reporting period,

Old Curriculum (until 1995)

During the academic year 2001-2002, 153 students graduated according to the old curriculum (in effect until 1995) (GARD + LS 39; HORT 30, etc.).

Graduate students by programs, academic year 2001-2002 Old Curriculum (until 1995)

Program Graduates Field Production 14 Plant Protection 17 Agricultural Engineering 10 Agricultural Economics 22 HORT 30 GARD + LS 39 Soil amelioration 1 Animal Science 20 Total 153



Field Trips Since the field trips involve as a rule some twenty students, the students and teachers usually travel by coach. The number of students embarking on a field trip depends on a study year. During the first year, the coaches are usually full, while the number of students from the later years is usually smaller. During the last three academic years the coach was used for 89 days on average, considerably more during the summer semester (62 days or 70%), which is only normal considering the more favorable climate conditions and the fact that the most of the field classes are held outdoors. The field trips are not organized during the summer vacations and examination periods. The field trips are most frequent during Mays (23 days on average) and Aprils (18 days on average).

The field trips of the Plant Science major are mostly organized to the areas with rich and diverse flora, to the farms of larger field crop and vegetable producers, orchards, vineyards and wine cellars. The Animal Science students mostly tour animal farms (Vukovar, Donja Stubica, Dubravica, Križevci, Čakovec, Sveti Ivan Žabno), fish farms (Ogulin, Draganić, Žumberak, Donji Miholjac) and producing facilities (Vrbovec, Koka, Podravka Agri-businesses). The Landscaping students tour national parks and nature parks. In summer 2002 semester, the fourth-year Landscaping students went on two field trips abroad - to Germany and France in order to visit the historical buildings and examples of modern outdoor landscape engineering.

Undergraduate Studies Taught by the FAZ Staff on Other Universities Besides their work at the FAZ, the FAZ staff is involved in teaching at other colleges and universities in Croatia and abroad. This share of their workload amounts to approximately 30%.

During the reporting period, 24 lecturers taught at other universities, wherefrom almost half (11) abroad, at the University of Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Postgraduate Studies The FAZ organizes and conducts seven four-semester postgraduate studies. These are: Plant Science, Animal Science, Fishery, Phytomedicine, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics and Agro-ecology. Total number of postgraduate students during the reporting period was 94.

During the reporting period, 23 students finished their postgraduate studies, namely they defended 23 master's theses from different scientific disciplines. Out of total number of postgraduate students who successfully defended their master's theses, 14 graduated from the FAZ, three from the College of Agriculture of the University of Osijek, and one from each of the following: College of Metallurgy in Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), College of Agriculture of the University of Mostar (AFM) (Bosnia and Herzegovina), College of Science of the University of Zagreb, College of Agriculture of the University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), College of Agriculture of the University of Maribor (Slovenia), Naval College of the University of Split. The commission for evaluation and defending of the theses had three members, and the tutors were lecturers-researchers from the FAZ. Nine of the total number of the masters of sciences are on the FAZ staff.




Number of postgraduate students who become masters of sciences by scientific disciplines

Discipline Graduates Agro-ecology 5 Plant Science 4 Agricultural Economics 4 Phytomedicine 4 Agricultural Engineering 1 Animal Science 4 Fishery 1 Total 23

Preparations for Introduction of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) at the FAZ The FAZ FC set up the ECTS Committee on October 8, 2001.

The Committee organized a number of meetings to discuss the issues related to introduction of the ECTS at the FAZ.

The Committee results were presented during the FC session of December 4, 2001 that was completely dedicated to the ECTS. At this meeting, the FC brought a decision on introduction of the ECTS, and the action plan for the FAZ.

The ECTS-related activities have recently gone weary in expectation of the new Higher Education and Science Act and consideration of the reform of the FAZ curriculum.

Scientific Research and Professional Activities

Scientific Research and Professional Activities The FAZ researchers are performing their scientific activities through research projects that include basic, development and applied research (national or international), and different professional collaborations participated in by the researchers specialized in different fields.

The basic researches and development of new technologies are supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST), and applied agricultural researches are supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), namely the Agricultural Research Council. Professional collaboration with different parties is based on the collaboration agreements.

Projects Contracted with the Ministry of Science and Technology By the mid-2002, the FAZ researchers conducted 34 scientific research projects supported by the MST and contracted in mid-1996.

A new three-year period (2002-2004) has started in 2002. The FAZ researchers responded to the invitation for application of scientific research projects and programs of continuous research activities with 62 projects. After their review and evaluation most of the projects (57) were approved in May 2002.

A separate group of research projects are the so-called technological projects initiated late in 2001 and early in 2002. Ten of them have been approved so far. These projects were initiated within an official program of the Croatian Government, the Croatian Program for Innovative Technological Development (HITRA). The program is implemented through the MST, and it is aimed at finding quality solutions for new production and products competitive in the demanding international market. New applications are being submitted for the projects from this group of researches.

Projects Contracted with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Currently, 29 two-year researches in the field of agriculture and fisheries, funded by the MAF, namely its Agricultural Research Council are being conducted at the FAZ. These projects were launched late in 2001 (contracted in December 2001). These are concrete short-term researches focused on direct application in agricultural practice, intended especially for family farms.

This is the third research cycle of the kind supported by the MAF (World Bank loan) and initiated mid-1998 within the project Development Farm Support Service Program (FSSP) (The FSSP project was initiated in 1997-98, with the support of the World Bank; at that time the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) was also founded). It should be noted that since 1998, in all three cycles, the FAZ has launched 93 (or 67%) out of 138 research projects of this kind conducted in Croatia and approved and financed by the Agricultural Research Council. It is a significant number and share that speaks of intensive applied research activities evolving at the FAZ. The research results mostly find their direct application in the agricultural practice. The summaries on these projects (name, primary investigators, basic achievements and their application), have been presented in a separate book published by the FAZ.



Projects Contracted with National and Regional Administration, Companies and Entrepreneurs Another forms of specialized activities include applied and extension services performed for the national and regional authorities, businesses and other institutions, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders and clients, and they are carried out on the basis of collaboration agreements. This type of research focuses on resolving of different, mainly concrete issues, for which the studies, project documentation, solutions, and reports are prepared, supervision conducted, analyses, surveys and monitoring systems set up, estimates and other forms of professional collaboration delivered.

During the reporting period, 75 collaboration agreements were concluded by individual departments and managed by the FAZ. Some of these are long-term cooperation agreements.

The most prominent activities include participation of a larger number of researchers on preparation of the Croatian Agriculture and Fisheries Strategy, finished in the second half of 2001. The Strategy was put on the agenda of the Croatian Parliament late in April 2002. Currently, the document that will enable implementation of the Strategy, the National Agriculture and Rural Areas Action Plan is in preparation, with T. Žimbrek as its coordinator. The MAF and FAZ collaboration was formally executed on March 8, 2002. Participation of numerous FAZ researchers on a joint study titled Agricultural Development of the Brodsko-Posavska County (coordinator F. Bašić), approved by the client mid-May 2002. should also be mentioned.

Presentation and Dissemination of Research Results The Editorial Board invited the reports on published scientific and technical papers, books, papers from national and international conferences, and other activities, and all the FAZ departments and researchers responded. Thus, for the first time, sufficient information were available to record and publish references of all the FAZ scientists for a (reporting) period. The research results were presented by scientific and technical groups so that they were published in journals, books and proceedings from conferences and symposia, as project documents, during seminars, workshops and the like.

The published papers are divided into those published in scientific (114 papers) and technical (28) journals. As authors and co-authors, the FAZ researchers published 11 books, mostly in the field of viticulture and wine production. A large number of researchers (85) was involved in development of specialized studies for different clients. These specialized activities include development of project documentation, activities performed on the basis of collaboration agreements including consulting, organization of symposia and congresses, workshops, field or culture days, development programs and many others. For example, altogether 31 projects were implemented during the reporting period, eight of them international, including the earlier mentioned ARC-MAF and MST projects. Last but not least, the additional scientific and specialized education of the young researchers, mostly abroad, should be mentioned. Thus, during the reporting period, 39 FAZ researchers visited 23 departments in foreign institutions, and their visits lasted from one week to a year.

The research results were presented in the reports submitted to the institutions funding the research (MAF and MST), but also in national and international symposia and conferences, specialized lectures and workshops, and published in specialized journals, publications, proceedings and books. Quite a large number of works was published in the FAZ journal, the (Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, ACS), a



journal with long tradition and international exchange. Intensive professional activity has been recorded in participation in specialized lectures, workshops, public media, presentations of the studies, reports and the like.

The FAZ Researchers results during the reporting period

Articles published in journals 142 scientific 114 technical 28 Papers published in proceedings from congresses and conferences 151 complete 66 abstracts 85 Published books 11 Studies 85 Projects * 31 national 23 international 8 Conferences, specialized forums, workshops and the like 56 Agreements on scientific and professional collaboration ** 65 Presentations of books, studies and the like 24 Specialized lectures 84 Appearances in public media 79 Additional scientific education 39

* MST and MAF-ARC projects not included **Agreements (75) mentioned under the previous chapter. not included

Dissertations During the reporting period, 10 dissertations in different scientific disciplines were defended at the FAZ. Among the total number of students that successfully defended their dissertations, three were from the FAZ, and the rest from other Croatian colleges and institutes. Seven out of ten applicants finished their postgraduate studies at the FAZ, one at the Agricultural faculty in Osijek, and two abroad (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Poland). All the applicants were employed either at colleges or research institutes in Croatia, and none of them came from other institutions (administration) or business sector. The applicants were on average 39 years of age (ranging from 31 to 63). All tutors were the professors-researchers from the FAZ, with one exception where a student had two tutors, one from another institution. The members of the dissertation committees were mostly the FAZ professors-researchers.




Scientific Professional Activity of the Junior Researchers and Students of Agriculture Both the junior researchers and our students of agriculture were involved in scientific and professional activities.

Junior Researchers Late in May 2002, the FAZ had 43 junior researchers (three doctors of sciences, 14 masters of sciences and 26 graduate engineers), employed on the basis of the MST call for application for scientific and research projects for the period 1991-2002. The greatest number of the junior researchers was employed during the last three years (26), and during the reporting period as much as 11 junior researchers were employed on a number of research projects.

Students The students have been involved in the FAZ scientific and research activities. Thus, they submitted their scientific papers to the University for the President's Award. In 2001, two FAZ students received this award. In 2002, nine scientific papers by 12 students (authors and co-authors) applied for the President's Award. Based on the invitation for a landscape design for the FAZ grounds, ten Landscaping students won the awards for the conceptual design in 2001.

The students were pro-actively involved in the 7th Agronomiade, the agricultural students convention for 2002 with international participation which, in addition to the sports events and artistic shows, offered the stage for presentation of their scientific work. During the 2nd European Landscape Biennial, Barcelona 2001, the designs of seven Landscaping students were exhibited.

Experiment Stations

Experiment Stations Introduction Being a higher education and scientific institution, the FAZ has six experiment stations at the following locations (1) Maksimir-Svetošimunska St., Zagreb (in the FAZ neighborhood); (2) Jazbina, Zagreb (a couple of kilometers from the FAZ buildings); (3) Center for Grasses at the Mt. Medvjednica-Sljeme; (4) Historical Gardens and Landscape Development Center, Dubrovnik, (5) Šiljakovačka Dubrava, Turopolje (near Lukavac); and (6) Josip Ban Jelačić, state-owned hunting grounds III/29 Prolom (Buzeti).

This part of the Report also highlights (7) Agricultural Machinery Testing Station, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Svetošimunska St., Zagreb and (8) Biotechnology Research Center (ABIC), Ferenčica 104, Zagreb as a company in process of founding. This is the former Agricultural Research and Development Center Ltd. (CIRP), owned by the FAZ (as the legal successor of the Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Technology and Building of the former Faculty of Agricultural Sciences).

The FAZ Experiment Stations - General Data

Experiment Station Researchers

+ techn., etc. Land area, ha Project No. * Activities ** Maksimir, total 34+18 22.5 17+11+S 8+6+29 a) field production 11+6 10.5 6+0+S 1+1+1 b) vegetable production 5+4 2.0 3+2+S 0+1+4 c) plant breeding 10+5 6.0 4+0+S 3+0+4 d) seed production 3+3 2.0 2+1+S 2+1+8 e) ornamental plants 5+0 2.0 2+8+S 1+3+12 Center-Sljeme 6+9 57.5 1+2+S 3+3+0 Jazbina, total 19+13 9.5 3+5+S 1+2+8 a) viticulture-enology *** 13+12 7.0 1+5+S 1+2+4 b) fruit production 6+1 2.5 2+0+S 0+0+4 Centar-Dubrovnik 2+0 0 0+0+S 0 Šiljakovačka Dubrava 12+2 146.6 3+0+S 0+0+4 Prolom Hunting Grounds 1+1 7,635.0 0 0 Total**** 74+43 7,871.1 24+18+S 12+11+41

*MST+MAF(ARC)+S= Collaboration with business sector **dissertations + master's + graduation theses *** Along with the researchers of the Department of Viticulture and Enology, the research is conducted by the researchers of the Department of Microbiology and the Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics, Biometrics and Experimentation of the FAZ and those from the College of Science of the University of Zagreb (not included in the above figures). ****Agricultural Machinery Testing Station not included


Experiment Stations

Production Capacities of the FAZ Experiment Stations (equipment not included)

A. Land and plantations, including: - 222.5 ha of plowland and gardens; - 2.0 ha of orchards and 0.5 ha of fruit cultivar and clone collection; - 6.5 ha of vineyards and 0.,5 ha of rootstock mother vine collection; - 1,000.0 ha of meadows; - 1,257.0 ha of grassland and 2.0 ha 5 microtrial grassland; - 5,379.6 ha of forests.

B. Livestock (experimental animals) Centar-Sljeme - 30 breeding caws + calves (Charolais); - 20 breeding heifers; - 2 service bulls; - 50 breeding sheep + lambs (Charolais); 2 breeding rams Šiljakovačka Dubrava - 12 sows (Turopolje) - 10 in-pigs - 11 castrates - 11 pigs - 2 boars

C. Prolom Hunting Grounds - The Hunting Management Master Plan sets out breeding of the following game: roe, boar, common

hare and pheasant.

The experiment stations (1), (2), (3) and (7) have for long been managed and owned by the FAZ, while (4), (5) and (6) are of a more recent date. The experiment stations (5) and (6) are owned by the Republic of Croatia and given to the FAZ for its use.

The experiment stations in Maksimir-Svetošimunska Street are managed by the respective Departments, six of them: Jazbina Experiment Station is managed by two Departments, the Dubrovnik Center and Šiljakovačka Dubrava Experiment Station in Turopolje by one Department each, while the other experiment stations and ABIC are managed by the FAZ as a whole.

In October 2001, the FC elected the Committee for Polygons (Experiment Stations) constituted of 11 members, representatives of the experiment stations, chaired by Associate prof. Mladen Knežević, PhD. This Committee is in charge of considering and resolving issues related to the experiment stations activities and drafting the proposals thereon submitted to the FC.

Below, the experiment stations and ABIC are described. Some experiment stations, such as the Center for Grasses, Prolom Hunting Grounds, and particularly Jazbina (managed by the Department of Viticulture and Enology) are the facilities used for promotion of the FAZ, open for domestic and foreign visitors and other activities.


Experiment Stations

Maksimir Experiment Station

Field Production Manager: Prof. Boris Varga, PhD - Department Head

Researchers and technical staff of the Department of Field Crops.

The Experiment Station is composed of the following team of researchers and technical staff: Prof. Zvonimir Štafa PhD; Prof. Zvonko Mustapić PhD; Prof. Boris Varga PhD; Assistant Prof. Ana Pospišil PhD; Assistant Prof. Jasminka Butorac PhD; Assistant Prof. Milan Pospišil PhD; Dubravko Maćešić PhD; Zlatko Svečnjak MSc; Željko Jukić MSc; Darko Uher BSc; Josip Vinter BSc; agricultural technicians Martin Mikić, Ivan Švajka, Denis Jurić, Snježana Župan, and farmworkers Ivica Luketić and Miroslav Knežević.

Station Area

The Experiment Station consists of:

- 7.5 ha of fenced land, divided into three units on which the field trials with corn, wheat and similar cultures and soybean alternate. In addition to this part of the Experiment Station, the Department researchers use:

- about 1.5 ha of partly fenced area (currently unfenced because of the construction activities on the Forestry College building) used for trials with sugar and stock beet, rape, small grains, corn, soybean, amaranth, flax, some forage crops including alfalfa, crimson clover, vetch, winter pea, sorghum, legume/cereal mixtures etc. Additionally,

- when necessary, the researchers use 1-1.5 ha of land on a part of the Experiment Station upstream the confluence of the Bliznec and Štefanovec Brooks. The number of plants cultivated at this part of the Experiment Station is limited because of the restricted access. Since the entire Experiment Station is located on the alluvium, large quantities of gravel (often reaching the ground surface) encountered on approximately 1/3 of the surface area prevents quality research.

Equipment

The Department invested much effort and funds into collecting the equipment necessary to conduct the field trials. Thus, for tillage two modern tractors are used (John Deere, 84 HP and Fendt, 60 HP) and the attachable implements such as plow, disk harrow, harrow, cultivator, land plane and the like. In addition to this equipment, the most frequently used pieces of machinery are a sowing machine (four-row) for corn and soybean and combine for collecting of corn grains, while the sowing machine and combine for stubble cereals (for small plots) are shared with the Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics, Biometrics and Experimentation. Additionally, the researchers are using numerous pieces of machinery usually collectively referred to as small machinery (cultivators, spraying machines, mowing machines and the like).

The laboratory premises accommodate equipment for drying and shredding of plant material, grain counter, scale and other pieces of small laboratory equipment necessary for preparation of the material for further analyses.


Experiment Stations

Projects

The research activities are part of the projects, including:

A.- Project: Sustainable Cropping Systems and Alternative Practices (funded by MST). The project topics are:

- Change in corn grain, wheat and soybean yield caused by different levels at which agricultural practices are implemented (tillage depth, fertilization, pesticides, number of plants/unit of area, product quality evaluation).

- Agricultural engineering practices applied in grain amaranth production for grain and feedstuff (number of plants/unit of area, fertilization, and the like).

- Agricultural engineering practices applied in winter vetch, and winter pea forage and seed production (number of plants, cutting dates, mixtures).

- Agricultural engineering practices applied in flax production and cultivar selection for fiber and oil processing.

- Agricultural engineering practices applied in rape production and cultivar selection considering oil and meal quality.

- Agricultural engineering practices applied in sugar beer production and their impact on the root quality.

B.- Projects in collaboration with the business sector include production of small quantities of prebasic seed of two soybean cultivars, one winter pea cultivar and crimson clover.

Graduation and Master's Theses, Dissertations

The researches supporting preparation of one dissertation, one master's and two graduation theses are underway.


Experiment Stations

Vegetable Crops Manager: Assistant Prof. Bruno Novak, PhD – Deputy Head

Researchers and technical staff of the Department of Vegetable Crops.

Researchers: Associate Prof. Josip Borošić PhD; Assistant Prof. Bruno Novak PhD; Nina Toth MSc; Ivanka Žutić MSc; Božidar Benko BSc.

Technical Staff: Renata Baričević AAS; Franka Cinfe; Liljana Prevolšek; Drago Kezerić.

Station Area

The Experiment Station surface area is 2.0 ha, and it consists of two units. The smaller unit (garden) accommodates plastic greenhouses, timber house (for technical staff and some researchers) with practical work classroom for students' exercises and, a storage for equipment and gardening tools. The area is also fitted with three hydrants for irrigation from the municipal waterworks. The most part of the Experiment Station is partly fenced, and without irrigation water supply, which is a limiting factor in vegetable research.

Only one plastic house (48 m2) is a greenhouse with the natural gas-fired heater, while other greenhouses of different surface areas (270 m2, 72 m2, 4 x 96 m2), high tunnels (54 m2, 3 x 42 m2) and a frame (15 m2) are unheated.

Equipment

The Department has IMT 533 tractor with rotavator and plastic mulch laying machine. The plowing, disk-harrowing and harrowing services are rendered by the Department of Field Crops. The small machinery includes hoeing machine, rotavator, spray machines, mowing machine, manual sowing machine and drip irrigation systems. The practical exercises room is fitted with different laboratory equipment (scales, moisture gage, etheric oil distiller, tenderometer, portable pH/ion meter).

Classes

During the academic year 2001/2002, the Experiment Station (including the garden, greenhouses, the practical work classroom) has been used for the exercises in:

- Vegetable Crops course, 7th and 8th semesters (23 students), major: Plant Science, program: Gardening, - Vegetables and Ornamental Plants course, 6th semester (99 students), major: Plant Science, other

programs, - elective Aromatic and Medicinal Plants course during the summer semester (59 students), majors: Plant

Science and Landscape Architecture, - Greenhouses course, part of 9th semester exercises (10 students), major: Plant Science, program:

Gardening and, other programs (5th and 7th semester) as elective course (65 students). The exercises performed outdoors, in the garden, and in the greenhouses include the cultivar growing of vegetables, herbs, aromatic and medicinal plants as well the growing of vegetables for demonstration and carrying out exercises in cultivation methods.


Experiment Stations

Projects

The research activities are part of the projects, including:

- Cultivars and Methods for the Sustainable Vegetable Production (funded by MST) - continuation of research on possible use of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas in vegetable transplant production and selection of dwarf dry bean and cabbage for winter harvest in the Mediterranean.

- Introduction of New Cultivars and Technologies into Vegetable Production at Family Farms, funded by MAF-ARC. In summer and fall of 2001, the research into multiple sowing and planting of lettuce for continual market supply was completed at the Experiment Station.

- Evaluation of Different Vegetable Production Systems (funded by MAF-ARC). In spring 2002, the vegetable transplants were produced in the Experiment Station greenhouses.

- State-of-the-Art Vegetable Production in the Zagreb County, subproject: Creating a County Vegetable Product – Sauerkraut, funded by the Zagreb County. In spring 2002, the cabbage cultivar transplants were produced at the Experiment Station.

- The Cabbage cv. ¨Ogulinski¨ Selection, funded by the City of Ogulin; partly carried out at the Experiment Station (seed production for selected plants in isolation, production of transplants for progeny testing).

- The Experiment Station is used to perform all cultivar and identification trials for recognition of vegetable cultivars (sweet corn, tomato, cucumber, lettuce, onion) needed by the Institute for Seed and Seedlings from Osijek.

- In spring 2002, the cabbage cultivar transplants were produced within collaboration on cabbage cultivar testing for pickling with Madig Ltd., Ogulin.

Graduation and Master's Theses

The researches supporting preparation of one master's and four graduation theses were finished or set up during the reporting period.


Experiment Stations

Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics Manager: Prof. Vinko Kozumplik,PhD – Department Head

Scientists and technical staff of the Department for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics.

At the research field experiments have been carried out by scientists and technical staff: Prof. Vinko Kozumplik PhD; Associate Prof. Ivan Pejić PhD; Assistant Prof. Marijana Barić PhD; Assistant Prof. Marija Pecina PhD; Assistant Prof. Jerko Gunjača PhD; Snježana Bolarić MSc; Snježana Kereša MSc; Hrvoje Šarčević MSc; Aleš Vokurka BSc; Toni Safner BSc.

Technical Staff: Zlata Bošković and Dejan Škriljevečki technicians, Kata Lavrić, Fehim Purković and Ivo Dugandžija workers.

Surface The experimental field has four hectars of the land surrounded by a fence, where experiments with maize, wheat and soybean have been carried out, and three heaters of the field without fence where breeding work on read clover and seed production have been done.

Equipment For ploughing, seeding and harvesting experiments the department uses equipment of the Departments for Crop Production and participates in maintaining the equipment. For transporting various materials to and from the field the department uses its two two-weel tractors. The tractors are used for cultivation too. The Department has a dryer for green plant matter, whereas for grinding the dry matter uses the Crop Production Department's mill.

Considerable part of the research work has been done in the biotechnology laboratory of the Department for Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biometrics. The lab is equipped for tissue culture, analysis of molecular markers and gene transfer.

Projects Research has been conducted within the projects:

A - Recurrent selection and molecular markers in plant breeding;

- Biotechnology and accumulation of superior wheat genes (T. aestivum L.) - Mapping genes for early maize tossel emergence by molecular markers; - Red clover traits parameters for mountain-hilly region; - Forage clover-grass mixtures in makrotrials; B - Research work on wheat, soybean, maize and tobacco in collaboration with private agricultural industry (mostly production of a high category seed)

BSc, MSc and DSc thesis Several BSc, MSc and DSc thesis are being done in the Department, the research work is being done in the field and in the lab.


Experiment Stations

Seed Production Manager: Prof. Ivan Kolak, PhD – Department Head

Researchers and technical staff of the Department of Seed Science and Technology.

The Experiment Station is composed of the following team of researchers and collaborators: Prof. Ivan Kolak PhD; Assistant Prof. Zlatko Šatović PhD; Hrvoje Rukavina MSc; Boris Župan agricultural technician; Maja Župan agricultural technician and Dragica Matašić farmworker.

The external collaborators working on our field and projects are: Assistant Prof. Ines Vršek PhD; Vesna Židovec PhD; Ksenija Karlović MSc - all from the Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and Garden Art; Toni Safner BSc, Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics, Biometrics and Experimentation; Zlatko Liber PhD, Faculty of Science, Department of Botany.

Station Area


- 1.5 ha of fenced land divided into three fields (legumes, cereals and other crops); - 0.5 ha of land from the fenced land to the brook. This 0.5 ha should be barbed for the living collection

of agricultural crops used in teaching. The field collection is subdivided into plots for all species of field and vegetable crops, medicinal, aromatic and honey plants, where the students learn about the seeds and planting material and commercial cultivars. (Only a fenced plot is protection against theft and devastation of the sawn species);

- 0.5 ha by the bee hive (apiary) is a fenced land for medicinal, aromatic and honey plants, annual and multiannual species and trials with these species, cultivars, populations and the like. The area is used for the MAF-ARC project Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and the MST projects Croatian Bank of Plant Genes (HBBG) and Genetic Variability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - accessions maintenance and trials. The area is fitted with a drip irrigation system;

- 2.0 ha of unfenced land in the field, across the road and opposite the bee hive. This area is used for students' exercises on sustainable selection and reproduction methods used on self-pollinated and cross-pollinated species. The area is rather nonhomogenous (alluvium and gravel up to the ground surface) so it should be improved, ie. the nearby excavation should be backfilled and the entire surface leveled up to 30-40 cm. This would make it an adequate area for the activities related to the field crops and seed production.

Existing Equipment

The Department has lab equipment for cleaning, calibration, protection and packing of smaller or larger seed specimens. These means have been obtained for the HBBG Project, along with the seed and planting material cold store operating at 0-5°C (so called short-tem storing up to 20 years). The Department is also in possession of the PCR unit (termocypler) and the electrophoresis unit, currently kept at the Faculty of Science, Department of Botany because of the lack of space at the Department.

Necessary Equipment

The laboratory experiments (exercises) demand that the Jacobsen seed quality tester, type 5301 (EUR 14,760), a vacuum seed counter, type 5801 (EUR 1,480), seed dryer (EUR 7,000), DNA laboratory equipment for seed and planting material (EUR 16,375), complete machinery for preparation of soil,


Experiment Stations

sowing, harvest, treshing, fanning to cleaning up (about EUR 400,000) be procured in the future. Availability of the existing and necessary equipment would make the Department capable of performing all the national and international activities and projects.

Projects

The research activities are part of the MST projects, including:

- Croatian Bank of Plant Genes (HBBG) (MST Project) - Genetic Variability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. (MST Project) - Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAF-ARC Project). - Seed Production for Orahovica Ltd., Orahovica - contract with the business sector. - Seed Production for Mednik Ltd., Županja - contract with the business sector.


The research supporting preparation of two dissertations, one master's and eight graduation theses have been finished or are underway.


Experiment Stations

Ornamental Plants Manager: Assistant Prof. Ines Vršek, PhD – Department Head

Researchers and technical staff of the Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and Garden Art.

The Experiment Station is composed of the following team of researchers and technical staff: Assistant Prof. Ines Vršek PhD; Vesna Židovec MSc; Ksenija Karlović BSc; Dino Hajoš BSc and Sanja Morić BSc.

The Experiment Station has no full-time technical staff or gardener, who are employed on part-time basis.

Station Area


- approx. 0.5 ha of fenced land opposite the four buildings in which the trials are conducted on introduction of wild species into the horticulture, and this is the area on which the student trials are performed. The area accommodates two unheated plastic greenhouses, one with the production benches. The plastic greenhouses accommodate trials with the pot plants and other species that demand a greenhouse environment for their production;

- approx. 0.5 ha of fenced land (by the Department of Informatics and Mathematics), which it is currently given to the Department of Plant Pathology for its use.

Equipment

The field trials are carried out by the motor cultivator and hand tools. The Department rents the tractor and attachable implements. As regards laboratory equipment, the Department is currently in the process of procurement of a production chamber that would be used in trials that demand lighting and temperature control.

Projects

The MAF-ARC research projects:

A) Greenhouse Production of Ornamental Plants covering the following topics:

- Identification of new flower species and cultivars for completion of annual flower assortment and defining of the essential technological parameters in production of the researched species and cultivars.

- Identification of new chrysanthemum cultivars and defining of the essential technological parameters in production of researched cultivars.

- Reaction of chrysanthemums (for cutting) to growth retardants daminozide and CCC; - Fertilization trials on three lyzianthus cultivars aimed at determining of optimum fertilizer

concentration for individual lysianthus cultivars. - Effect of two different substrates and fertilizer concentrations on quality of geranium and surphinia. - Effect of one-off application of growth retardant on growth and development of platicodone and

decaptation and chemical regulation of lavender cultivars. - Trials on the most suitable container size and substrate for heartsease production. - Determination of suitability of two rose stocks and selection of the best stock for each of four analyzed

new rose cultivars.


Experiment Stations

B) Introduction of Wild Ornamental Species into Horticulture (funded by MST), with the following objectives:

- Identification of interesting wild-growing ornamental species into horticultural use, particularly those from the herbaceous perennial plants group present in the inland and Mediterranean regions of Croatia.

- Determining optimum way and time for multiplication of selected species, their adaptation to the culture conditions and reaction to the technological production practices, i.e. effect of the agricultural engineering measures.

- Monitoring of habitual traits, blooming time and color and reaction to the environmental requirements, evaluation of the potential the selected perennial plants have in landscaping and interior decoration.

C) Evaluation and Introduction of Wild Ornamental Plants into Horticulture (funded by MST), with the following objectives:

- Identification of potentially interesting self-growing ornamental species. - Evaluation of suitability for cultivation of selected species as pot plants or cut flowers based on their

ecological requirements. - Determining essential cultivation measures and production principles for each of the species. - Identification of barriers to introduction into cultivation and development of strategy to overcome

outstanding issues. - Introduction of selected species into the commercial production.


The researches supporting one dissertation, three master's and a number of graduation theses are underway.

Vision

The Experiment Station should in the future be used not only as a teaching and scientific polygon but also as a focal point from which information will be disseminated to the producers, landscape architects, plant breeders and other stakeholders. Results of the trials with annual and biannual flower species, perennial plants, geophytes and dendrological plant material will be accessible from the Department web pages, along with the names of all the plant material and equipment sponsors. The Open Door Days will be an occasion for the general public to learn about the resent research results and newly introduced ornamental plants species.


Experiment Stations

Centre for Grasses, Sljeme 1, Mt. Medvednica Manager: Associate Prof. Mladen Knežević, PhD

Researchers and technical staff of the Centre for Grasses is composed of the following team of researchers: Associate Prof. Mladen Knežević PhD; Josip Leto MSc; Marina Pavlak MSc; Goran Parčulija Bsc and Krešimir Bošnjak BSc. The technical and supporting staff involved in the research includes: Ivan Kenđelić, agricultural technician; Dinka Bešić BSc (Chem.); and workers: Željko Brlobaš, Mladen Jurina, Dragutin Dupelj and Zlatko Landripet. The Centre staff also includes: Irena Grbić, administrator, Zvonko Božičević, housekeeper, and Mirjana Božičević.

Station Area

The Experiment Station has about 55 ha of agricultural land under natural and sown grassland; some 20 ha are fenced with fixed electrical fence totalling over 12 km in length. These surfaces are used as pastures.

Micro trials are set up on additional 2,5 ha of grassland.

Facilities

The facilities belonging to the Centre include: (I) teaching and laboratory building (floor area 850 m2) that consists of a classroom for 45 students, a chemical laboratory for forage analysing, five researcher offices, a reception office and auxiliary premises (canteen, kitchen, heating room, garage, (II) an experimental cattle stable with hay-barn (floor area 1,300 m2), capacity 60 cows; (III) an experimental sheep stable (floor area 130 m2), capacity 60-70 sheep; (IV) reconstructed multipurpose stable (cattle boxes, six stalls, machinery shed, …); (V) dormitory house with premises for interns: five bedrooms and auxiliary facilities, and an apartment for the house-keeper (ground floor).

Equipment

In its scientific, research and teaching activities, the Centre uses modern field and laboratory equipment. The field equipment includes three tractors (Jon Deere 115 HP, Zetor 90 Hp and Styre 75 HP), a necessary machinery for forage harvesting and conservation (front rotary mower, rotary rake, rotary teder, baler for large round bales, baler for small square bales, wrapper for large round bales), two sowing machines for direct sowing of grasses and clovers (John Deere and Vredo), and an automatic sowing machine for trial plots (Wintersteiger). In addition to this valuable field equipment, the Centre has all attachments and small machinery for trials tillage, mowing of plots, …

The Centre laboratory equipment includes: NIRS roughage analyser (Foss 6500) with software: ISI SCAN, WIN ISI III, as well as USA and UK calibration models for roughage evaluation, protein analyser, fat analyser, mulfe oven, fodder degradability analyser (gas production system by CONE), freeze-dryer, plant growth cabinet, mobile lab set for water, and soil analysis, laser land measurer, altimeters, scanning mirror stereoscope …

Further, the Centre is fitted with eight computers, software for interpretation of satellite images for monitoring and updating grassland inventory of the Republic of Croatia.

In research on the pastures and forage evaluation the Centre uses experimental animals: 30 breeding cows (Charolais) and a corresponding number of calves, 20 breeding heifers (Charolais), two bulls (Charolais),


Experiment Stations

50 breeding sheep and lambs (Charolais) and 3 breeding rams. All the animals are entered into the breeding register of the Croatian Cattle Selection Centre.

Projects

The MST and MAF fund the following research projects:

- Project 0178060: Sustainable Management Systems of Natural Grassland Resources – MST. - Project 18974: Evaluation of the System of Forage Production on Grasslands MAF/ARC. - Project FSSP 18333; Pasture and Forage Development - MAF - Project 178072: Development of cow-calf system in practise - Currently, application for another project to the Dutch Government is in preparation. - Besides, an important activity of the Centre is a narrow co-operation with Croatian Extension Service

Institute and farmers in the field of forage production (sowing, harvesting, conservation), grassland management and implementation in livestock production.

Graduation and Master’s Theses, Dissertations

The researches supporting preparation of three dissertations, three master’s theses and 2 graduate papers are currently underway at the Centre for Grasses.


Experiment Stations

Jazbina Experiment Station

Viticulture and Enology Experiment Station Manager: Associate Prof. Nikola Mirošević, PhD - Department Head

Researchers and technical staff of the Department of Viticulture and Enology.

The Experiment Station is composed of several teams of researchers and technical staff of the Department of Viticulture and Enology. Because of the scope and importance of the research conducted at the Experiment Station, the staff of the Department of Microbiology and Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics, Biometrics and Experimentation is also involved on the teams, along with the researchers of the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb.

Station Area The Experiment Station has about 6.5 ha of vineyards with a number of different grapevine cultivars and 0.5 ha of rootstock mother vine collection.

The Experiment Station also encompasses the buildings and farm structures that accommodate offices and laboratories, library, lecture room, small or experimental cellar, large or main cellar, premises for vinification, winematuration, stabilization and bottling of wine, cooled bottle storage, and machinery and equipment shed with a workshop.

Equipment Performance of numerous and often various research activities asks for different equipment gradually procured by the Department of Viticulture (now Department of Viticulture and Enology) which invested enormous effort and sacrifice, with the support of the AFZ. For maintenance of the vineyards and implementation of viticultural technical and technological research two tractors (FIAT New Holland) are used with their attachable implements, which suite the modern concept of viticultural production under the given conditions. Equipment for winemaking - both in the small experimental and in the large or main cellar, is presently well stocked and completely suitable for different researches. Equipping of the experimental cellar with mini tanks and temperature control system has been significantly supported by the Department of Microbiology of the AFZ. Since the plan is to produce different types of special harvest wines on an annual basis, procurement of a tangential filter that would complete a wine-production process line is planned. Also, the laboratories for ampelometric research and the wine laboratory would also be gradually equipped. The Department intends to procure in the near future a gas chromatograph with mass detector necessary for research into the aromatic and similar components of grapes and wine. These are the state-of-the-art practices in laboratory research and their results are used to design agrotechnical and ampelotechnical practices applied in the vineyards and the wine production processes aimed at achieving the best quality.

Projects Due to the above capacities, the Experiment Station is focal point of numerous researches, some of them interdisciplinary, supported from the MST and MAF-ARC projects: - Genetic Resources of Vitis sp. and Production Systems – MST. - Organic Viticulture on Family Farms MAF–ARC. - Genetic Identification and Protection of Autochthonous Grapevine Varieties MAF–ARC.


Experiment Stations

- Selection of Autochthonous Yeasts from Croatian Wine-Producing Regions MAF–ARC. - Control of Grapevine Phytoplasmosis in the Republic of Croatia MAF–ARC. - Deacidification of Wines from Autochthonous and Domesticated Cultivars MAF–ARC. Another project proposed on the basis of the MST invitation for applications will also be implemented mostly in this Experiment Station, while application for two other technological projects is in preparation.

Diploma and Master's Theses, Dissertations The results of the above projects and the research conducted at the Department were used in preparation of a number of Diploma and three Master's Theses. Also, the researches currently underway will be used for preparation of two Master's Theses and one Dissertation.

Fruit Production Experiment Station Manager: Assistant Prof. Zlatko Čmelik, PhD – Department Head

Researchers and technical staff Department of Pomology:

Assistant Prof. Zlatko Čmelik PhD; Assistant Prof. Nikola Pavičić PhD; Assistant Prof. Đani Benčić PhD; Boris Duralija MSc; Tomislav Jemrić MSc; Jasmina Družić BSc (junior researcher) and Petar Rošić (farmworker).

Station Area The Experiment Station consists of 25.0 ha of fenced land where the Department of Fruit Production currently has fruit plantation on approximately 2.5 ha, wherefrom about 2.0 ha under the new apple and pear plantation (planted in spring 2002). The remaining land holds a collection of about 100 of apple cultivars and clones (0.1 ha); a trial with the plum rootstocks and cultivars and a collection of plum cultivars (0.2 ha); a trial with different cherry rootstocks and a collection of cherry cultivars (0.2 ha). The plantations should expand in the future so that total surface area under the fruit trees would be about 5 ha.

Equipment Regretfully, the Department of Pomology is only in possession of small machinery (motor cultivator, back-pack sprayer, mowing machine) so when it comes to equipment it has to rely on favors of other departments.

Projects The following projects are implemented at the Experiment Station: - Research into Suitable Rootstocks for Sweet Cherry Growing (funded by MST and joint project with the

Alpine-Adriatic Regional Cooperation Community members). - New Cultivars, Rootstocks and Training Forms of Plum in High Density Planting (funded by MST). - Comparative Research into Training Forms of Slender Spindle and Solax (joint project with the Alpine-

Adriatic Regional Cooperation Community members).

Graduation and Master's Theses, Dissertations The researches supporting a number of graduation theses have been performed at the Experiment Station.


Experiment Stations

Historical Gardens and Landscape Development Centre Experiment Station, Dubrovnik Manager: Senior-Research Associate Bruno Šišić, PhD (Landscape Architect) Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and Garden Art

Historical Gardens and Landscape Development Centre, Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik Centre) was founded in February 1982 under the sponsorship the than FAZ. It started with two furnished rooms (floor area 80 m2) located in the Inter-University Centre (IUC) building, filled with documentation on historical gardens and landscapes collected during thirty-five years.

On December 6, 1991, the Dubrovnik Centre was demolished and burned during the shelling of the besieged Dubrovnik. However, it was reconstructed and fitted with basic equipment from the donations in 1997. The Dubrovnik Centre is located in the same building, repaired in the meantime, managed by the International Centre of Croatian Universities (MSHS). The Dubrovnik Centre occupies a furnished 20 m2 room, and it particularly struggles with recovery of destroyed documentation.

The founder and manager of the Dubrovnik Centre until its destruction in 1991, and the one who undertook its reconstruction and managed it since that date is Bruno Šišić, PhD, Landscape Architect (currently a senior research associate), who continued with the research project Gardens of the Dubrovnik Historical Suburb

Nikolina Brailo, junior researcher, participated on the initial stage of the project during 2001, which was her chance to learn about the research methodology and material organization.

The Dubrovnik Centre particularly focuses on the current issues of protection and evaluation of the historical gardens and segments of the cultural landscape, making its results available to the City of Dubrovnik administration, Ministry of Culture, and the Dubrovnik Department of the National Trust.

The following sites were included in the research:

- Rubrizius – Galjuf – Doršner Historical Garden at Pile - Skočibuha Historical Garden at Boninovo - Radmili – Gljivoje Historical Garden at Konal - Sorkočević Historical Garden at Komolac, the Rijeka Dubrovačka - Brsalj site at Pile - site of the new cemetery at Nuncijata above Gruž - tree population at the Polače archeological site within the Mljet National Park - tree population at the archeological site by the Lokrum church.


Experiment Stations

Šiljakovačka Dubrava Research Station, Turopolje Manager: Prof. Ivan Jurić, PhD – Department Head

Researchers and technical staff of the Department of Animal Science: Prof. Romano Božac PhD; Prof. Vlatko Rupić PhD; Prof. Branko Liker PhD; Prof. Nikola Stipić PhD; Prof. Marija Đikić PhD; Prof. Miroslav Kapš PhD; Assistant Prof. Ino Čurik PhD; Danijel Karolyi BSc; Anton Kostelić DVM; Krešimir Salajpal DVM; Mirjana Mihelčić BSc and workers Marijan Ždero and Mara Knežević.

Station Area Šiljakovačka Dubrava Research Station, Turopolje (near Lukavac, 45 km from Zagreb) consists of 146.6 ha of forest (hornbeam, common oak and alder stand). The area is wire fenced (gatter).

Animals In outdoor system of production in the gatter accommodates the breeding population of theTuropolje pig breed. (In year 2002; total 60 heads, 2 boars, 40 sows, 18 gilts).

Equipment The Department of Animal Science does not dispose of equipment necessary for trials. However, the Turopolje Municipality (Plemenita Općina Turopoljska, POT) has built the field structures for breeding and keeping of pigs. A private tractor and trailer (owned by Mr. Željko Stanilović) are used for transportation of feed and other material on a daily basis. The Department of Animal Science plans to purchase the trials equipment.

Feed The low input technology is used in breeding practice. Currently, the feed is funded by the POT.

Current Needs of the Research Station The plan is to use the Research Station for teaching and scientific research activities related to the outdoor system introduction and preservation of the gene fund of indigenous breeds.

Projects ARC MAFRH some projects have already been completed, and some submitted for the MSTRH, and approval.

Projects: - Pig Genotypes at Outdoor system of Pig Production in the Republic of Croatia. - Modern Pig Genotypes and Technologies in the Turopolje Breed Preservation. - Pig Impact on the Forest Ecosystem and Forest and Game (MST evaluation stage). - Medical Protection of Pigs in the Outdoor System of production (MST evaluation stage).

Graduation and Master's Theses, Dissertations The researches supporting four graduation theses have been conducted.


Experiment Stations

Upgrading the Planned Polygon Use Considering the surprising initial results on the carcass tissue composition and meat quality of Turopolje pig, the initial development plan drawn up for this Research Station needs to be revised.

Josip Ban Jelačić Experiment Station – State Hunting Grounds (III/29) Prolom – Buzeti FAZ Manager: Prof. Zvonko Mustapić, PhD

On June 25, 1999, the MAF made a decision on hunting rights inspection to be conducted at the state hunting grounds No. III/29 – Prolom (Hunting Grounds) managed by FAZ. The Hunting Grounds area is 7,635 ha (forests 5,233 ha, plowland 200 ha, meadows 1,000 ha and pastures 1,202 ha). The Hunting Grounds incorporation document envisages management of the following game: red dear – in transit, roe, boar, common hare and pheasant. The Hunting Master Plan envisages breeding of the following game: roe, boar, common hare and pheasant.

Soon after, the City of Glina Council passes a Decision according to which the abandoned school in Buzeti (Hunting Grounds starting point) and the appurtenant cadastral plots be given to the FAZ for its use free of charge, which was an excellent background for launching this project - founding of a teaching Experiment station.

On its 1st ordinary session of October 12, 1999, the FAZ FC passed a Decision on Founding of the Teaching Polygon at the State Hunting Grounds III/29 – Prolom, called Josip Ban Jelačić, in Sisačko-Moslavačka County.

The primary purpose of the teaching polygon– the Experiment Station - is education in the field of Hunting within the undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Further, the Experiment Station shall be a focal point of the scientific research undertaken to find optimum possibilities for breeding of big game and hunting management in the open Hunting Grounds. For the hunting management, as one of the reasons for which the Hunting Grounds were founded, breeding is planned of game and other animal species inhabiting the Hunting Grounds under natural conditions and respecting the recent achievements of the free-range system in game breeding, conservation of natural game habitats and preservation of natural relation between the species. The Hunting Grounds is an interdisciplinary facility since it is suitable for the practical work within the field classes in Hunting and numerous other disciplines within the FAZ curriculum (Botany, Phytocenology, Grassland Management, Soil Science, Apiculture, Mushroom Farming and the like). At the FC session held in November 2001, a Board was selected for management of the State Hunting Grounds III/29 Prolom, with Prof. Zvonko Mustapić, PhD as the Board chairman. In December 2001, the FC appointed Prof. Zvonko Mustapić, PhD the Manager of the Hunting Grounds Prolom – Buzeti, and an expert person for implementation of the Hunting Master Plan is the student Robert Đuranec (Keeper of the Prolom Hunting Grounds is Štefan Pentek).


Experiment Stations


Teaching and Demonstration Agricultural Machinery Testing Station Manager: Assistant Prof. Silvio Košutić, PhD - Department Head

Premises

The Agricultural Machinery Testing Station (Testing Station) is a part of the Department of Agricultural Engineering, located some 500 m north of the 6th building in Svetošimunska Street. The basic units are: macadam-tar test runaway, laboratory for engine testing, workshop, auxiliary premises.

The Testing Station is used for teaching in Agricultural Machinery Technology courses and for other activities, such as testing of the basic technical and working characteristics of tractors on an asphalt base. Further, since February 1, 2002 it has been used for compliance testing of the tractors imported into Croatia.

The Testing Station has two technical assistants and two highly-qualified mechanics as the full-time staff.

Biotechnical Research Center-ABIC, Ferenčica 104, Zagreb Manager: Assistant Prof. Zoran Grgić, PhD

Description

The Agricultural and Biotechnical Research Center (ABIC) is a company in founding. The FAZ is its sole owner and founder, being the legal successor of the Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Technology and Building in Agriculture (within the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, today the FAZ) founded in 1990 by the state enterprise called the Center for Agricultural Research and Development Ltd, (CIRP). Once the property right issues have been resolved, the ABIC will operate at the Faculty estate at Ferenčica 104, Zagreb. ABIC's business activities will primarily include professional collaboration with the business sector and other stakeholders in the field of agricultural research within the scope of the FAZ activities. Currently, additional CIRP registration and harmonization with the applicable regulations is under way, which will enable better FAZ collaboration with the business sector.

Premises

The premises at Ferenčica 104, Zagreb, have the floor area of approximately 8,000 m2. The company business premises occupy 1,906 m2, including the office building, boiler house with installations, workshop, three garages and a courtyard. Additionally, the ABIC owns four residential units and two agricultural land plots.

International Cooperation

International Cooperation International Relations Office (IRO) - Organization and Objectives The omnipresent trend of globalization in higher education and science, and closer relations between Croatia and EU increased possibilities for international cooperation and the related obligations. For that reason, on February 12, 2001, the FC brought a decision to establish an International Relations Office (IRO) in addition to the International Cooperation Board. The first full-time IRO secretary was Željka Treer, BA and its founder and first head was Professor Ferdo Bašić, PhD.

The IRO activities include:

- Providing information to foreign students on studying conditions and participation in (FAZ) research projects, assisting them on their arrival and during their stay at the (FAZ).

- Regular informing of the FAZ staff members on available international collaboration programs. - Assisting both the FAZ staff members and students in establishing international contacts, locating

institutions and projects beneficial to their advancement, in getting and filling out the necessary forms, in regulating their status in case of bilateral contracts, in supplying information relevant for trips to individual countries and the like.

- Collaboration on preparation of an information package within the ECTS introduction project. During the reporting period, a new International Cooperation Board and the new head of IRO (Associate Prof. Ivan Pejić, PhD) were selected. These bodies set in seven sessions to discuss and direct international activities of the FAZ.

IRO Activities during the 2001-2002 Reporting Period

IRO Organization For regular follow up and timely informing of the FAZ staff on possibilities of international collaboration, the IRO has established direct communication with the University IRO, sectors of Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of European Integration and other relevant institutions.

Currently, the FAZ staff international activity database is under development. The forms have been prepared and the data acquired on all forms of international collaboration and cooperation (international scientific projects, education abroad, technical visits and visiting scholar programs) for all the FAZ employees in order to get a comprehensive overview of these activities.

The data was collected and a summary table prepared indicating the FAZ staff interested in participation on FP6 and TEMPUS (EU) projects during the next period (2002-2006). These data is intensively exchanged with the foreign universities in search of possible partners.

A website was constructed with the basic information on IRO (http://www.agr.hr/iro/), and the bulletin board set up. The IRO keeps all the data on earlier activities, information on similar institutions from different countries and their scholarship programs, literature on international collaboration, contact addresses of foreign institutions that offer collaboration, and the like.



International Cooperation and Exchange In October 2001, the FAZ delegation headed by the Dean, Professor Jasmina Havranek, PhD, visited the University of Agricultural Sciences (BOKU) upon invitation of their rector. The similarities and possibilities of cooperation were discussed and cooperation established of our two International Relations Offices.

Within the DAAD program named Academic Reconstruction in South East Europe, that has been under implementation since 2000, Snježana Bolarić, MSc spent six weeks studying at the universities of Goettingen and Hohenheim changes in the German education system according to the Bologna Declaration. Within this program, the FAZ representatives (I. Pejić, S. Bolarić) participated at the University rectors' conference in Plovdiv in December 2001, where experience was exchanged regarding the reform of the national education systems.

In March 2002, the FAZ representatives (V. Par, I. Pejić) participated in an international conference on the education system reform in compliance with the Bologna process organized by ICA in Brussels.

Along with other participants from the University of Zagreb, the FAZ prepared its presentation at BeST-2002, and international gathering of universities in held Vienna in April 2002. Special promotional material was prepared for the occasion and the FAZ was well presented.

Within CEEPUS program, six FAZ staff members and eight students went for one-month visit to similar institutions in Austria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.

In May 2002, the FAZ representatives (I. Pejić, T. Treer) took part in the meeting of presidents and deans of the agricultural education institutions of the South East Europe convened upon an invitation of the Skopje Faculty of Agriculture Dean. The meeting agenda focused on possibilities for regional collaboration, particularly considering the upcoming European projects FP6 and TEMPUS. On that occasion, the FAZ and the Skopje Agricultural College signed the Collaboration Agreement.

The IRO organized a number of seminars during which the junior FAZ staff members and students spoke about their experience with getting and realizing their international scholarships, and about their stay and work in foreign institutions.

Visits of International Experts and Delegations In November 2001, FAZ was visited by Professor Axel Poehls, PhD (Germany), one of the DAAD program coordinators (FAZ is one of participants in the program). The visit was organized in order to collect information on the education system reform status at FAZ.

In February 2002, within the Austrian-Croatian Science Days, a delegation of Austrian scientists visited FAZ. The FAZ presentation was successful, and cooperation was agreed on with the representatives of the Austrian BIT agency that renders services related to the EU funded projects to both Austrian and foreign institutions.

In April 2002, FAZ was visited by the Georgikon Faculty of Agriculture, Kesztheley (Hungary). The delegation was headed by the Faculty Dean, Professor Ferenc Szabo, PhD. Cooperation was agreed upon in the field of undergraduate studies.




In May 2002, FAZ was visited by a delegation of the Chinese Engineering Academy accompanied by the MST representatives. The institutions presented themselves and their interests to each other. The fields of possible collaboration were pinpointed, and mutual interest expressed in collaboration in the fields of fishery, plant production and genetics.

Collaboration agreements signed so far

Date Country Institution 5/17/ 2002 Macedonia Zemjodelski fakultet Sveučilišta "SS.Cyril & Methodius" Skopje 6/ 7/ 2001 Nigeria "Three M. & S.P.I." Inter.EPO.Ltd. 3/ 29/ 2001 USA UTAH State University, International Irrigation Center 10/ 20/ 2000 Romania University of Agricultural Sciences & Veterinary Medicine Cluj-

Napoca 9/ 8/2000 Austria ALPE-ADRIA Bienenakademie, Klagenfurt (Linz, Ljubljana,

Udine) 31/ 07/ 2000 Czech Republic Faculty of Agronomy Mendel University of Agriculture and

Forestry, Brno 6/ 18/ 1998 Hungary Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Pannon University of

Agricultural Sciences, Mosonmagyarovar 6/ 11/ 1998 Hungary The Georgikon Faculty of Agriculture, Kesztheley, Panon

University of Agricultural Sciences The FAZ students and staff have special privileges when collaborating with the above collaboration agreement parties.

FAZ Promotional Activities

FAZ Promotional Activities The promotional activities have always ranked highly on FAZ agenda. They took the form of meetings with other members of the University of Zagreb or public appearances of our staff in public.

We particularly cherish being awarded the City of Zagreb Medal for over eight decades long history of teaching and scientific activities that yielded exceptional results and significantly contributed to development of agriculture in the City of Zagreb area and the Republic of Croatia as a whole.

In June 2001, two FAZ scientists received the National Annual Science Awards (for 2000) in the field of biotechnical sciences:

- Professor Jasmina Havranek, PhD, for significant achievements in the field of biotechnical sciences, particularly research into the quality of milk and diary products.

- Professor Sulejman Redžepović, PhD, in the field of biotechnical sciences, for application of scientific results of microbiological research in the field of soil biotechnology,

- and an Annual Award to the than junior researcher, Ante Ivanković, MSc, in the field of biotechnological sciences for scientific research into the genetic traits of the farm animal breeds.

During the reporting period, numerous forums were organized on collaboration, present or future, with the representatives of some colleges covering the same or broader disciplines as we do. We hosted our colleagues from the Veterinary College of the University of Zagreb to discuss collaboration on numerous researches and teaching topics our two colleges share. Further, in order to promote our profession, we presented ourselves to the colleagues from the University of Zagreb and arranged a meeting with the representatives of the Medical School of the University of Zagreb. We shall continue to do so by involving other FAZ staff, which should result in better presentation of our Faculty. We have learned that both our profession and our activities have become more recognizable to our colleagues from other colleges of the University.

On several occasions, we had fruitful discussions with our colleagues from the Forestry College of the University of Zagreb, focused on resolving long-time outstanding issues. We are convinced that these meetings will help us resolve these issues to mutual satisfaction and respect.

We also met with the similar educational institutions from Osijek and Križevci to discuss the topics we share. With the Osijek colleagues we discussed organization of the next Croatian Symposium on Agriculture, and with our peers in Križevci we discussed their development and plans for the future respecting the tradition, since they rely on the support of our Faculty.

We were visited by the Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of Mostar, and more efficient collaboration of the two colleges was featured on the agenda.

Firmly aware that our task is to promote the role of science in sustainable present and desired future of Croatia and deeply convinced that a national consensus is necessary on the role of science in long-term development, we have convened several meetings with prominent entrepreneurs of the City of Zagreb and Croatia. They clearly indicated their willingness to join us in promotion of science, as the most important national development vehicle, and to apply the scientific results.


FAZ Promotional Activities


We organized a number of meetings with the representatives of different ministries aimed at presentation of our expert standing on some political developments. We find the meeting with Mr. Zlatko Tomčić, the Parliament Speaker, particularly important.

We have established permanent communication with all the City of Zagreb offices in covering our field of activities (education, agriculture) and with the National Trust in connection with maintenance of the Faculty Estate.

We have certainly not remained within the Croatian borders. During the last months we hosted some foreign delegations, as mentioned in the International Relations Office report.

We have always cherished meeting our pensioners, so we established their day - the first Friday in February. Many of them revisited the Faculty and met again after many years.

FAZ plans to continue its public promotion, considering it a join effort of all FAZ’s employees. Good promotion asks for good scientific references based on quality information. To achieve that, we must recognize the persons with vivid scientific and social creativity and deeply embedded tolerance, persons of broad education and social attitudes, independent and invincible. We must not bypass the gifted, capable and successful ones but should rather be ready to join our forces in fighting the challenges.

Let diligence, excellence, critical mind and readiness to gain new knowledge become our image.

Publishing, Library and IT Activities

Publishing, Library and IT Activities Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus (ACS) Professor Nikola Stipić, PhD, Editor-in-Chief ISSN 1331-7776 (online) ISSN 1331-7768 (print)

The reporting period was marked by regular publishing of the Agricultural Scientific Review (Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, ACS) journal. The ACS journal has retained its leading position among the scientific publications in the Croatian agricultural science and profession as a whole. It has reached the international standards for publishing of scientific papers. The papers published in this journal are quoted in numerous databases, such as: CAB International, Biosis, Elsevier/Geo Abstracts, CA Search, CAB Health, Food Sci.&Tech. Abs., Toxline, Pascal, Agris, Agricola and others.

The publishing figures are tabulated below:

Year (vol) Issues Papers Pages 2001 (66) 4 26 230

One of the issues published during the reporting period, Volume 66, Issue 1 was dedicated to: Viticulture & Enology (with Professor Ivan Pejić, PhD as visiting editor). It encompassed the papers from the conference Prospects for Viticulture & Enology, Zagreb, November 22-24, 2000.

The journal has been published under its name - ACS, Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus - since 1998, when it was thoroughly redesigned in order to tailor it to the requirements of respectable world databases. The complete articles from the period 1997- 2002 (about 130 papers) are accessible on-line. The Central Agricultural Library exchanges published material with some 90 similar journals and mails the journal at over 170 addresses worldwide. The on-line edition is accessible on the Internet to scientists.

Journal of Central European Agriculture (JCEA) Professor N. Kezić, PhD, Editor-in-Chief

Professor Nikola Kezić, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief, and the Croatian members of the Editorial Board are: Professor Ferdo Bašić, PhD and Professor Zvonko Mustapić, PhD. The Technical Editorial Board includes students Dijana Kekez, Vitomir Stalec and Martin Turšić.

During 2002, the journal is edited by the Hungarian Editorial Board.

In 2002, two issues of the Journal of Central European Agriculture, JCEA, have been published. The first issue (April) published 10 papers and the second (July) 9 papers.

The full members of JCEA are: Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, and the associate members for the next two years (after which voting on their full membership is in order) are Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Slovenia.



Central Agricultural Library (CAL) Manager: – Vjekoslava Bešlaj, BA

During 2001, the Central Agricultural Library (CAL) continued its activities within the project Croatian Sciences Information System; subsystem: Natural Sciences, supported by the MST. The activities include common efforts in creating the database, monographic and serial publications of 26 university libraries and a joint System catalogue (together with Engineering and Biomedicine). The catalogue is accessible to all users from CAL or at http://prirodo.irb.hr/. The users may search OPAC on-line catalogue of books, journals, master's theses and dissertations kept at CAL, same as the joint catalogue of 15 libraries in CROLIST interface since we participate in its cooperative cataloging.

Through the MAF's project Development of Services to Support Family Farms computers were provided for this purpose.

The users are offered lists of current periodical publications with abstracts and electronic versions of journals at the following addresses:

- www.sciencedirekt.com, - http://link.springer.de/ol/index.htm, - www.interscience.wiley.com, and a list of journals with impact factor is accessible at the following address

- www.liquid2k.com/reference/jip/jip.htm or from CAL in printed form. The Library has 3,173 active members (students, FAZ employees, students of High Agricultural School, general population).

Inter-library exchange enables the CAL to ensure material not in its possession, and members of other libraries to use its material.

In 2001, the MST should have ensured the funds for 156 (approved) international journals, but not all expected moneys were paid into the FAZ account.

In 2001, FAZ was subscribed to 33 Croatian journals, and 15 more were received within the exchange (ACS, proceedings). The CAL is regularly receiving 130 FAO publications being the depositary FAO library, and in return it fulfills all the obligations towards FAO (processing, reports, statistics,...). The total of 205 foreign journals were obtained through exchange. Three or four times a year, CAL informs the FAZ staff on new books.

In 2001, the CAL received 1,100 new copies (580 titles); 380 copies were purchased by FAZ and the rest by MST, or obtained free of charge, through exchange or donations. The Library stocks about 82,000 volumes.



Agricultural Economics Library (AEL) Manager: – Martina Đurinski, BSc (Agr) and Librarian

The Agricultural Economics Library (AEL) is support to the scientific research and teaching activities of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Department of Farm Management, Department of Marketing in Agriculture (AE Departments), FAZ as a whole, students and postgraduates.

The AEL meets the functional library-keeping requirements because it has the premises for acceptance and processing of incoming material, reading room and a store room.

The AEL, as a reference library, is a technical organizational unit within FAZ. Its activities include build up of collected material, its physical and computer-aided organization, keeping and protection, rendering of information and reference services, dissemination of documentation to AE Departments and complete Faculty staff, students and postgraduates.

FAZ’s IT Activities Professor Vitomir Grbavac, PhD

The document Strategic Guidelines for the FAZ IT System Development until 2005, adopted at the FC, addresses the increasing information-technology challenges facing or to be faced by our institution.

The adopted strategy is directed towards improvement and standardization of the existing computer network and IT infrastructure.

Overview of Computer Hardware at the Faculty

The equipping of the FAZ with the computer hardware started in early nineties and encompassed all organizational units of the Faculty. The hardware procurement was a two-tier process, because a part was procured by the FAZ and ITS departments, while another part was supplied directly by the MST and MAF for scientific research and teaching purposes.

The IT system construction process can be divided into the period until 1997, and that between 1998 and 2002.

The computer hardware installed until 1997 has been or will be written off, while that installed during the period 1998-2002 is still in use.

During the last twelve years, FAZ had about 323 computers, 181 printer, 61 additionally purchased monitor, 23 additionally built in CD drivers, 16 scanners and 7 fax modems (see Table). Of the tabulated equipment, FAZ still has 222 computers, 115 printers, 44 additionally purchased monitors, 19 CD drivers, 12 scanners and 1 modem.




FAZ IT equipment, 1990-2002

Type Until 1997 1998- 2002 Total 1 PC 101 222 323 2 printers 66 115 181 3 monitors 17 44 61 4 CD R I R/W 4 19 23 5 scanner 4 12 16 6. fax modems 6 1 7

Local Network (LAN) Topology

In early 90s, the FAZ networking with the CARNet system started through an IT cabinet and installation of a DEC computer (modem-based). Soon after the networking was completed, the communication needs of numerous employees and teaching staff grew and multiplied since the use increased of fast growing information services available in the CARNet/Internet communication space.

During the war, the networking process slowed down. But soon after the war, and particularly in the second half of the 90s, intensive construction of the LAN started with support of the ministries and the Faculty.

At the moment, the LAN cross-links all four Faculty buildings and a modem link is established with the Faculty sites that are not networked.

Students' Organization and Activities


FAZ Student Assembly Charter

Student Assembly as an Umbrella Student Organization of the University of Zagreb The FAZ Chapter of the Student Assembly has larger student membership. There is yet another students association called SAF. Through the Student Center, the Student Assembly participated is funding and organization of Agronomiade. Further, the Student Assembly also organizes issuing of the school ID cards (X's), and was among the organizers of fruit-tree planting at the Josip Ban Jelačić Experiment Station, Prolom, Glina and of the Farm Animal Cloning forum.

de Natura Journal Every year the Student Assembly invites applications for students’ programmes. A proposal for launching a FAZ students’ jurnal, entitled de Natura, won the last year’s competition. de Natura is the student journal of the FAZ’s Student Assembly Charter.

The de Natura journal is published quarterly, and four issues were published by the end of the reporting period. The journal is edited by twenty odd students. They meet once a week to propose and select topics. Each issue has six sections: Faculty, News, Events, About ..., Culture and Agroinfo.

The Faculty section covers only the topics related to the FAZ. The only section not written by the students is News, since it covers topical issues from different scientific disciplines. The Events section gives announcements of and reports from symposia, lectures, seminars and similar events in the field of agriculture.

Numerous students’ activities at the FAZ are covered in the About... section. The cultural events are reported on in the Culture section. The students find the Agroinfo section the most interesting because it offers information on the exam dates, brief reports from the FC sessions and the Undergraduate Board.

The students preparing the journal attempt to collect useful and interesting information that would otherwise remain unknown to individual students.

Croatian IAAS in Academic Year 2001-2002 During 2002, more than 40 students became members of the IAAS, so this association has for the first time gathered over one hundred members. In November 2001, the representatives of this association were elected for one-year term.

The most important project implemented by IAAS in 2002 was the organization of Agrotourism, an international student seminar held in Pula and Lovran, Croatia, April 22-29, 2002. The seminar had 40 participants, among them 24 foreign students. The lectures were delivered by the FAZ experts. Also, an international project Exchange Week Belgium-Germany-Croatia was implemented and 18 colleagues from Belgium and Germany were our guests in November 2001. They stayed for a week, and were introduced to the Croatian economic, agricultural and cultural resources. Eighteen FAZ’s students returned the visit to the colleges in Leuven, Gent and Bonn in March 2002 .

Within the Exchange Program, three FAZ members visited Belgium, Finland and Switzerland for practical training.




In July 2001, nine Croatian IAAS members participated in the IAAS General Assembly and a seminar on Sustainable Agriculture in Portugal, and two representatives attended the European IAAS Assembly held in Subotica in December 2001.

The implemented local projects include: the new members encouragement week, the pursuit of sponsors, participation in the events marking the Earth Day, the creation of the Croatian IAAS website, compiling digital membership database, and the like.

International Activities of the Landscaping Students Seven students majoring in Landscaping showed their works at the exhibition organized within the 2nd European Landscape Biennial, Barcelona 2001, three students members of the ELASA (European Landscape Architecture Student Association) participated in the 2002 world congress in Vienna (Austria), and seven student participated in the 2002 world congress of IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects) in Singapur. The latter congress organized a student workshop.

2002 Agronomiade - 7th International Agriculture Students Meeting 2002 Agronomiade, the seventh meeting students of agriculture with international participation was held in Makarska, May 22-25, 2002. The meeting was hosted by the FAZ. The FAZ students were joined by the students of the College of Agriculture of the University of Osijek, Križevci Community College, Požega Community College, Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Cluj Napoka, Romania. The participants, 240 of them, took part in a quiz show (in General Agronomy, General Livestock Breeding and Soil Science) and sports events: indoor football (M), basketball (M), swimming (M/F) – crawl, breast stroke, backstroke, butterfly, relay, and chess. The students also presented their scientific research reports and their achievements in culture and arts (paintings, sculptures, poems and the like).

The 2002 Agronomiade Opening and Closing ceremonies were made particularly festive by performance of the FAZ students folk dance group, Falkuša Choir, aerobic group and modern dance group.

Achievements of the FAZ Students The FAZ students' achievements during the reporting period were many, particularly in:

- scientific research - culture and art - folk and modern dancing groups, chorus - poetry, prose, sculpture, painting, art photography - quiz shows - sport competitions

Student Extracurricular Activities The students' choir called Falkuša has been set up in pursuit of preservation of the Dalmatian fishermen and farmers’ tradition, by cherishing the genuine Dalmatian song in particular. The Falkuša Chorus has performed in numerous events at and off the FAZ.

An interesting exhibition of the students' art has been set up as one of extracurricular activities.

Construction of 5th and 6th FAZ Buildings

Construction of 5th and 6th FAZ Buildings Construction of 6th FAZ building started in December 1996. This building’s floor area is 5,000 m2, in addition to 500 m2 of floor area raised on top of the 5th building.

The construction was divided into two stages:

The first stage of the project encompassed the construction of the building structure and facade, and the total cost was 20,790,370.14 kunas (HRK). In 2000, the second stage started and its value was 24,372,526.00 kunas.

In 2001, the MST earmarked 8 million kunas in the national budget for construction of the 6th FAZ building. The assets were mainly invested into the construction of the connecting bridge between the 5th and 6th building, and the construction of the third floor of the 5th building. These works finally determined the shape of the 5th and 6th building, making them a single unit.

During the first half of 2002, the 6th building site was developed, including the construction of 55 parking lots and 6 parking lots for disabled persons. The access road to the protruding side of the 6th building was asphalt coated, and the Tvrtka Miloša road was reconstructed (traffic profile expansion to 5.5 m). A new connection to the waterworks was built with considerably larger pipe cross-section to prevent any water shortages in the future. The services installed for the 6th building (water, gas, electricity, fire-fighting, sewage and drainage) are the first step in completing the reconstruction and retrofitting of the FAZ services. In 2002, 11 million kunas was earmarked for the construction of the 6th FAZ building in the national budget.

Another 8 million kunas will be necessary in 2003 for the building to be completed and ready to receive its occupants.

Furnishing of the 5th and 6th according to the interior designs (with the exception of the laboratories) will cost about 6 million kunas.

Furnishing and equipping of the laboratories, along with the practical work classrooms, requires for further 8 million kunas. Therefore, for the structure to be completely finished in the next two to three years, additional 22 million kunas will be necessary.

The FAZ FC Decision from 1996, when the construction started, planned the 6th building for the following:

1 Admistration with pertinent services 2 Department of Plant Nutrition + practical work classroom 3 Department of Soil Science + practical work classroom 4 Department of General Agronomy + practical work classroom 5 Department of Field Crops, Forage & Grassland + practical work classroom 6 Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics, Biometrics and Experimentation + practical work classroom

(at that time it included the present Department of Seed Science and Technology) 7 Department of Soil Amelioration Practical work classroom 8 Two large lecture theatres with 180 and 220 seats, respectively.


Financial Performance

Financial Performance Introduction The financial performance data covers the period of one year (2001) and, in compliance with the legal requirements, they are presented in the Annual Report. However, in order to cover a part of 2002 as well, the second part of this section offers basic indicators for the first quarter of 2002.

FAZ Financial Performance, January 1-December 31, 2001 The indicators from the table show that the FAZ financial performance in 2001 was positive.

Revenues and revenue sources, expenses, revenues less expenses

Item HRK % Revenues from National Budget 41,787,379 65.38 Internally generated revenues 22,122,385 34.62 Total revenues 63,909,764 100.00 Total expenses 59,972,188 Revenues less expenses 3,937,576

Revenues It is obvious that greater portion of the revenues comes from the National Budget (65.38%), and smaller portion is internally generated revenue (34.62%). Important items of the revenues from the National Budget (HRK 41,787,379) are salaries (HRK 28,984,069), material operating costs (HRK 2,984,296) and scientific projects (HRK 5,404,051). Other items include staff allowances, external teaching staff, field trips, scientific equipment, foreign journals, travelling expenses, bonuses and the like.

The internally generated revenues mainly consist of revenues earned on MAF projects (HRK 6,807,704 or 30.77%) and somewhat less the revenues from other expert and technical services (HRK 6,726,324 or 30.41%), so they together make 61.18% of total internally generated revenues. The remaining revenues in the amount of HRK 8,588,357 include money from co-financed scientific projects, services, undergraduate and postgraduate studies and other minor items.

Expenses The highest expense items are salaries (HRK 31,953,642) and material expenses (HRK 6,669,923). These items are partly covered from the National Budget and partly from the internally generated revenues since they are connected with project implementations. Other expenses include travel expenses, service fees, maintenance and other FAZ expenses.


Financial Performance


Financial Performance, January 1-March 31, 2002

Revenues and revenue sources, expenses, status on January 1, 2002

Item HRK % Revenues from National Budget 9.514.342 66.62 Internally generated revenues 4.767.058 33.38 Total revenues 14.281.400 100.00 Total expenses 14.855.168 Initial status, 1/1/2002 3.937.576

The total revenues in the first quarter did not cover total expenses because of inadequate funds inflow from the National Budget. It should be noted that the rates of inflow for material expenses of the FAZ were significantly slower compared to the same period of the previous year (2001). The same trend continued in the second quarter, so by the end of May the MST (National Budget) paid in only one third of the money received in the same period of 2001 for the same purpose.

Equipment Expenses U 2001, FAZ procured different equipment for 3,396,430 kunas, and during the period January 1-March 31, 2002 that amount was 717,613 kunas.

Value of purchased equipment in the respective periods -total and monthly averages, HRK - Period Total Monthly average 1/1-12/31/ 2001 3,396,430 283,036 1/1-3/31/ 2002 717,613 239,204

The equipment procurement rates are usually slower at the beginning of a year. This is due to the procurement procedure (tendering) and co-financing schedule used for spending from the National Budget (through the MST).

Appendix

Appendix Departments

1. Agricultural Botany 2. Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 3. Agricultural Engineering 4. Agricultural Technology, Storage and Transport 5. Agricultural Zoology 6. Animal Nutrition 7. Animal Science I. 8. Animal Science II. 9. Chemistry

10. Dairy Science 11. Farm Management 12. Field Crops, Forage & Grassland 13. Fisheries, Apiculture & Special Zoology 14. General Agronomy 15. Informatics and Mathematics 16. Marketing in Agriculture 17. Microbiology 18. Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and Garden Art 19. Plant Breeding, Genetics, Biometrics and Experimentation 20. Plant Nutrition 21. Plant Pathology 22. Pomology 23. Seed Science and Technology 24. Soil Amelioration 25. Soil Science 26. Vegetable Crops 27. Viticulture and Enology 28. Weed Research


Appendix

Boards and Committees appointed by the FAZ FC during the reporting period

Boards 1. Undergraduate Board 2. Postgraduate Board 3. Science Board 4. Dissertations Board 5. Publishing Board 6. Board for Finances and Investment 7. International Cooperation Board within the International Relations Office 8. Board for Tenured and Term Appointments 9. Board for State Hunting Grounds III/29 Prolom Management 10. Board for Recognition of Diplomas 11. Board for 6th FAZ House Construction 12. Scientific Board for Convention of Croatian Agronomists and international congress

Committees 1. ECTS Committee 2. Entrance Exam Committee (1st year enrollments) 3. Committee for Examinations 4. FAZ Landscaping Committee 5. Ethics Committee 6. Computer System Committee 7. Committee for Communication with College of Forestry 8. Committee for Annual Awards, Recognitions, Medals and the like 9. Committee for Faculty Articles Amendments 10. Committee for Experiment Stations 11. Committee for Collaboration with Community Colleges 12. Committee for Preparation of New Curricula for Križevci Community College 13. Committee for Communicating Faculty Senate Standing to the MST and the Croatian Government

on Directive on Establishing the Department of Soil and Directive on Establishing the Department of Fruit Production

14. Committee for Redistribution of the 6th House Premises 15. Committee for Harmonization of the Work Organization Rules 16. Committee for Preparation of Professor Emeritus Election 17. Committee for Preparation of Scientific Equipment Procurement, Use and Maintenance:


Appendix

Board of Finances and Investment Committees 1. Committee for Internal Audit and Control 2. Committee for Rules on Allowances and Salaries Paid from Nonbudgetary Revenues 3. Committee for Analysis of Earmarking 10% of Project Funds for Technical Staff 4. Committee for Analysis of the Existing Office Rental Agreements 5. Committee for Interior Decoration of Rented Offices and Landscaping 6. Committee for Purchase of Journals in 2002

Research projects 2002/2003. – Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Investigator Project

Tajana Krička Agrarian Model of Biodiesel Production Stanka Herjavec Deacidification of Wines from Autochthonous and Domesticated Cultivars Tomislav Jemrić Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Keeping of Unshiu Tangerine Damir Kovačić Models of Direct Sale of Farm Products Roman Safner Fish Processing at Family Fish Farms Ljerka Oštrec New Models of Slug Control in Vegetable Crops Production Davor Romić Ecological Problems and Economic Effects of Irrigation with Saline Water Biserka Homen Influence of Nutrition on Goat Production Boris Varga Evaluation of Crop Production Systems in the Sava Valley Tito Žimbrek Integral Development of Rural Areas under Special State Care Josip Leto Evaluation of the System of Forage Production on Grasslands Marija Đikić Modern Pig Genotypes in the Turopolje Breed Preservation Miroslav Tratnik Modelling and Optimization of the Cold-Store Network for Fruits and Vegetables Božena Barić Integrated Peach Production Pavo Caput Milk Production and Processing in the Dubrovnik Region Zoran Grgić Management of Sustainable Agriculture Systems Stjepan Husnjak Application of the Information System in the Development of Agriculture Ana Pospišil Evaluation of Plant Protein Fodder Production Boro Mioč Production and Quality of Sheep Milk on the Island of Cres Darko Grbeša Liquid Whey in Pig Fattening at Family Farms Dean Ban Evaluation of Different Systems of Vegetable Crops Production Marija Uremović Preservation of Black Slavonian Pig under Natural Conditions Alen Džidić Improvement of Sheep Milking and Management at Family Farms Ivan Šimunić Ecologically Acceptable Production of Vegetable Crops under Irrigation Romano Božac Turopolje Pig Intended for Dry-Cured Ham and Shoulder Blade Production Ivan Jurić Quality of Calves, Young Cattle and Land Use Mihaela Britvec Pasture Vegetation – a Factor of Livestock Production Snježana Bolarić Clover-Grass Mixtures in Macrotrials Milan Maceljski Maize Protection from the Western Corn Rootworm with Minimal Inputs


Appendix

Research projects 2002/2004. – Ministry of Science and Technology

Investigator Project

Tajana Krička Ethanol as Biofuel Milan Poljak Role of Calcium in Improving the Yield and Quality of Potato Tubers Vinko Kozumplik Recurrent Selection and Molecular Markers in Plant Breeding Marija Đikić Heredity of Tissue Relations and Quality in Pigs Mihaela Britvec Preservation of Plant Diversity on Pastures in the Adriatic Region Ivan Pejić Mutant Detection within cv. Plavac mali crni (Vitis vinifera L) by DNA Markers Marija Pecina Application of Biometrics in Agricultural Research Marijana Barić Biotechnology and Accumulation of Desired Genes in Wheat T. aest Edi Maletić Ampelographic and Genetic Evaluation of Croatia Native Grape Varieties Jasminka Igrc Barčić Biological control as the base of ecological plant protection Ljerka Oštrec The Investigation of Globodera rostochiensis Woll.in Croatia Ivan Jurić Correlations between Milk and growth Traits in Selected Simmental Breed Renata Dobrinčić Fauna and Ecology of Elateridae in Integrated Pest Management Boris Varga Sustainable Cropping Systems and Alternative Practices Neven Antunac Physiological Value of Somatic Cell Count in Diagnostic of Mastitis in Sheep Mirjana Čustić Optimal Fertilisation for Vegetables of High Nutritive Quality Milan Pospišil Growing Oil Plants in a Sustainable System of Crop Production Josip Barčić New, Ecological Methods of Plant Protection in Urban Areas Tito Žimbrek Croatian Agriculture Adjustment to the EU Association Requirements Jasmina Havranek Influence of Biochemical Processes on Ripening of Autochthonous Cheeses Dubravka Samaržija The Flavour and Texture of Traditional Paški Cheese Željko Jurjević Mycotoxins in Food. Vesna Pavić Genetic and Phenotypic Traits of Croatian Native Sheep Breed Ante Ivanković Phenotype and Genetic Features of Original Horse Breeds in Croatia Nikola Kezić Biological and Economical Traits of Carniolan Honeybee Miroslav Tratnik Economic Structure Consolidation through Cooperatives Marija Bujan Interactions between Surfactants and Biopolymers Miroslav Kapš Estimation of Genetic Covariance Structure Franjo Tomić Soil and Water Sustainability in the Area of the Future Danube-Sava Canal Josip Borošić Soiless Culture of Tomato Željko Vidaček Soil and Water Protection in Agroecosystems Marija Uremović Pig Genotypes for Production of Durative Products Zvonimir Štafa Forage Legumes Stjepan Sito Reduced Maintenance of Soil Fertility in Apple and Plum Orchards

continued


Appendix

Research projects 2002/2004. – Ministry of Science and Technology

Investigator Project Davor Romić Soil and Water Sustainability in the Area of the Future Danube-Sava Canal Ivan Kolak Croatian Bank of Plant Genes (HBBG) Đurđica Žutinić The Rural Youth Interest in Family Farming Bogdan Cvjetković Elements for Ecologically Acceptable Plant Protection Zlatko Čmelik Ecological Evaluation of New Sweet Cherry Cultivars Zoran Grgić Agrieconomic Efficiency of Sustainable Agriculture in a Family Farms Sanja Sikora Biodiversity and Selection of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixators Sulejman Ređepović Characterization of Indigenous Yeasts Strains Zvonimir Ostojić Possibilities of Applying Reduced Herbicides Rates Ivica Kisić Erosion Risk as Indicator of Sustainable Land Management Vjekoslav Par Risk Analysis and Economic Efficiency on Horticultural Family Farm Ante Kolega Export Marketing of Family Farms Đani Benčić Influence of Agro-ecological Factors on Phenol Contents in Istrian Olive Oils Milan Mesić Influence of Fertilization on Nitrogen Distribution in Ecosystem Ines Vršek Introduction of Wild Ornamental Species into Horticulture Silvio Košutić Ecological and Energetic Aspects of Different Tillage Systems in Arable Farming Tomislav Teer Genetics, Nutrition and Ecology in Fresh-water Fisheries Branka Aničić Evaluation and Preservation of Valuable Landscapes in the Republic of Croatia Mladen Knežević Sustainable Management Systems of Natural Fodder Resources Nikola Pavičić The Effect of Conjugated Trienes and Phenols on CI of Satsuma mandarin Zlatko Šatović Genetic Variability of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Boro Mioč Genetic Profile and Features of Travnik Pramenka Sheep Davor Havranek Investigation of Economic Traits for Introduced Types of Grasses and Clover Milan Šoškić Molecular Recognition of Plant Growth Regulators


Appendix

Awards, Recognitions, Acknowledgements, Certificates of Excellence

National Annual Science Award (for 2000)

Republic of Croatia To Professor Jasmina Havranek, PhD For significant scientific achievement, particularly in milk and diary products research, the field of biotechnical sciences.

Republic of Croatia To Professor Sulejman Redžepović, PhD For application of scientific results of microbiological research into the soil biotechnology, the field of biotechnical sciences.

Annual State Junior Researcher Award (for 2000)

Republic of Croatia To Ante Ivanković, MSc, junior researcher For scientific research into genetic traits of farm animal breeds, the field of biotechnical sciences.

The City of Zagreb Medal

City of Zagreb To FAZ For over eight decades of teaching and scientific activity, exceptionally valuable results, and considerable contribution to development of agriculture in both the City of Zagreb and the Republic of Croatia.

Acknowledgement

Croatian Agricultural Extension Institute To FAZ For collaboration with the Agricultural Extension Service.

EQUUS The Veterinary Medicine Students Association To FAZ Dean For generous help and support in Vet Liber 2002 organization.

Veterinary College, University of Zagreb, Department of Physiology and Radiology To FAZ For successful collaboration.

Croatian Society of Agricultural Economists (HAED), To FAZ For support during the HAED's first five years.

Certificate of Excellence

National Higher Education Council of the Republic of Croatia, Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia To FAZ For achievements in education and science.


Documents

University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture Annual Report · The FAZ management is based on the stipulations on the Institutions Act, Higher Education Institutions Act and the FAZ